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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@caitlinrgreen and these dirhams they were used as currency or simple gold or bronze as they look like bronze??
@Umarkarim89 used as part of Viking billion economy, mainly silver but tarnished etc :)
@caitlinrgreen so it was kind of a loose currency system which was accepted everywhere in all trade routes
@Umarkarim89 To a degree: it's a bullion economy, so based on weight of silver & dirhams primary source of this... E.g dirhams cut into >
@Umarkarim89 > pieces, which indicats valued as a weight of silver, not proper currency
@caitlinrgreen It was quite understandable dont know why it took me so long to understand that :D
@Umarkarim89 lol, it's cool :)
@caitlinrgreen a late Pakistani historian wrote a whole essay on this topic and also pointed out similarities between Ram & Pharaoh Ramisis
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