Indian silver coins in Viking-age northern Europe & Britain--brief post by me incl maps etc :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2014/12/indian-silver-coins-in-viking-age.html …pic.twitter.com/r6Ko7r3Jlm
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Most Viking-era silk etc from Persia/Byzantine Empire, but a few poss bits from China--could these pieces have come w/ dirhams/Indian coins?
@caitlinrgreen #Gold #Textile technology well developed in ancient Med, see this #MargaritaGleba paper, but not silk?http://www.academia.edu/1393336/Auratae_vestes_Gold_textiles_in_the_ancient_Mediterranean …
@JAJafri Very interesting, thank you :) My understanding is that silk first produced in the Eastern Roman ('Byzantine') Empire from 6thC AD>
@JAJafri >but that previous to that raw silk/yarn etc imported and used to make garments in Med.
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