There are a number of these recorded. It’s basically down to Volga vikings creating a trade link between Scandinavia and Constantinople which connected it to Muslim lands
hadtoputsomething on
Constantinople was one helluva good spot to do contract work, “have axe will travel” types were made into the elite Varangian Guard in Constantinople, just some Norse Dudes protecting the Byzantine Emperor.
Could have traded, looted, or been gifted that ring and wore it back home with pride or showed it off like: “Hey Sven, while you were here raiding in the Baltics and freezing your sweet rolls off, I nabbed this off a fella who thought his Sabre was mightier than my Axe!”
SHAQBIR on
The 13th warrior is real.
sink_fish on
I mean, the Norse did travel to north Africa and even to the middle east, maybe it is just one guy who converted, maybe there was a slice of time where we had a Muslim Viking
IIIIIlIIIIIlIIIII on
Ofcourse its Sweden.
skeleton949 on
“Oh hey look at the cool ring I looted. Not sure what it says, but I like it.”
Jimbeaux_Slice on
I’ve read anecdotally that there was a Viking oral tradition that traced their lineage back to the Middle East (which, yes duh everyone is from there, but a lot of cultures just made some shit up) and so there was a lot of motivation to sail to the Middle East specifically for trade versus raiding. But, no I can’t remember where I read it so it’s probably BS.
SmellsLikeShame on
“60% trader, 40% raider”
Flakes4058 on
Didn’t some Vikings raid in the Mediterranean? I could be wrong about that, I know there was a Norwegian crusade (I think?), could this have come from those?
mafuman on
There’s a Rune stone in the Stockholm airport that tells the story of a group of Vikings that went down to Persia
the-bladed-one on
Some Viking: “huh, that weird looking guy on that ship with the robes sure sounded pretty foreign. Nice ring though”
(Assuming it was taken in battle, but it was almost certainly a trade good)
SulaimanWar on
Irl 13th Warrior
Crate-Dragon on
Ooh. Loot!
Comfortable_Town7535 on
someone went a yoinking
RIPCHEF on
Fun fact! Some of the most accurate descriptions and tales of how ancient Vikings actually were, are from Arabic traders and travelers! Other than The Sagas, Viking didn’t really write a lot of history, and A lot of European accounts left a lot out or just described them as monsters, probably because they got raided a lot more!
Sir-Toaster- on
If Christian Vikings are a thing, then Muslim Vikings aren’t exactly far fetched
Sloregasm on
The 13th warrior is actually historically accurate?
Beermeneer532 on
I mean the vikings pretty famously got all the way to constantinople from basil onwards
WolfsmaulVibes on
for the people known for both trading AND plundering, this isn’t surprising
United-Reach-2798 on
Fun fact! No its still disputed with some Arabic linguistics saying its inscription is pseudo Kufic and doesn’t mean anything as the community note on said post said
Unable-Doctor-9930 on
Vikings would often trade slaves for sliver and other valuables. Often with the Arabs.
YOUTUBEFREEKYOYO on
The trade network back then was alot bigger than most people know.
Flashbambo on
Vikings would have had plenty of interactions with Muslims throughout their history, so hardly surprising.
InkaGold on
I belonged to Antonio Banderas.
iceman27l on
What cross over is that
thicc_llama on
The Vikings went as far as to what is modern day Turkey and Iran, so not surprising.
CataphractBunny on
Media really went all-in with this and declared Vikings were muslim. And not all white. 😂😂
Hairy-Ball5246 on
If I recall correctly, it I read somewhere that it didn’t actually say “Allah”, it was just Arabic looking scribbles and gobbledegook.
If so, it leads to the much more interesting conclusion that not only did Scandinavian Vikings have trade routes with the Middle East, but that goods from the Middle East and in their stylings were so sought after that people were making ripoffs in some medieval version of Chinese ripoffs of American luxury products.
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Probably either war loot or traded for
It’s the grave of the 13th warrior!
There are a number of these recorded. It’s basically down to Volga vikings creating a trade link between Scandinavia and Constantinople which connected it to Muslim lands
Constantinople was one helluva good spot to do contract work, “have axe will travel” types were made into the elite Varangian Guard in Constantinople, just some Norse Dudes protecting the Byzantine Emperor.
Could have traded, looted, or been gifted that ring and wore it back home with pride or showed it off like: “Hey Sven, while you were here raiding in the Baltics and freezing your sweet rolls off, I nabbed this off a fella who thought his Sabre was mightier than my Axe!”
The 13th warrior is real.
I mean, the Norse did travel to north Africa and even to the middle east, maybe it is just one guy who converted, maybe there was a slice of time where we had a Muslim Viking
Ofcourse its Sweden.
“Oh hey look at the cool ring I looted. Not sure what it says, but I like it.”
I’ve read anecdotally that there was a Viking oral tradition that traced their lineage back to the Middle East (which, yes duh everyone is from there, but a lot of cultures just made some shit up) and so there was a lot of motivation to sail to the Middle East specifically for trade versus raiding. But, no I can’t remember where I read it so it’s probably BS.
“60% trader, 40% raider”
Didn’t some Vikings raid in the Mediterranean? I could be wrong about that, I know there was a Norwegian crusade (I think?), could this have come from those?
There’s a Rune stone in the Stockholm airport that tells the story of a group of Vikings that went down to Persia
Some Viking: “huh, that weird looking guy on that ship with the robes sure sounded pretty foreign. Nice ring though”
(Assuming it was taken in battle, but it was almost certainly a trade good)
Irl 13th Warrior
Ooh. Loot!
someone went a yoinking
Fun fact! Some of the most accurate descriptions and tales of how ancient Vikings actually were, are from Arabic traders and travelers! Other than The Sagas, Viking didn’t really write a lot of history, and A lot of European accounts left a lot out or just described them as monsters, probably because they got raided a lot more!
If Christian Vikings are a thing, then Muslim Vikings aren’t exactly far fetched
The 13th warrior is actually historically accurate?
I mean the vikings pretty famously got all the way to constantinople from basil onwards
for the people known for both trading AND plundering, this isn’t surprising
Fun fact! No its still disputed with some Arabic linguistics saying its inscription is pseudo Kufic and doesn’t mean anything as the community note on said post said
Vikings would often trade slaves for sliver and other valuables. Often with the Arabs.
The trade network back then was alot bigger than most people know.
Vikings would have had plenty of interactions with Muslims throughout their history, so hardly surprising.
I belonged to Antonio Banderas.
What cross over is that
The Vikings went as far as to what is modern day Turkey and Iran, so not surprising.
Media really went all-in with this and declared Vikings were muslim. And not all white. 😂😂
If I recall correctly, it I read somewhere that it didn’t actually say “Allah”, it was just Arabic looking scribbles and gobbledegook.
If so, it leads to the much more interesting conclusion that not only did Scandinavian Vikings have trade routes with the Middle East, but that goods from the Middle East and in their stylings were so sought after that people were making ripoffs in some medieval version of Chinese ripoffs of American luxury products.
Está no es una película de Antonio Banderas?