Distribution of Islamic dirhams in Anglo-Saxon England--brief post by me incl. revised map :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2014/12/distribution-of-islamic-dirhams-in-england.html …pic.twitter.com/S3KPyqQTV9
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@Umarkarim89 They mainly arrived with the Vikings---coins brought up through Russia, into the Baltic and then across to Britain.
@caitlinrgreen then these must be pre Islamic because I think Islam reached Uzbekistan in the 8th Century so Vikings going there unlikely
@caitlinrgreen ahaan nice. Now it makes perfect sense actually I thought Vikings were only a Scandinavian phenomenon so that confused me
@Umarkarim89 Glad it clarifies :) Btw, Vikings came from Scandinavia, but conquered/settled E+N England from 9thC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danelaw
@caitlinrgreen ahaan well our exposure with Vikings is mainly from the TV series :D but a as far as I know they settled in very small number
@Umarkarim89 it varied---a lot more settlers in areas of England where Islamic coins found than elsewhere :)
@caitlinrgreen Dr Caitlin can i ask in which subject is your doctorate and from where?
@Umarkarim89 Sure: archaeology and Oxford :)
@caitlinrgreen I mean the Muslim empire of Ummayads had strong presence there so I theorise Vikings wud hv been there in previous centuries
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