An ?11thC account of Vikings bringing "a great host" of slaves from N. Africa to 9thC Ireland: http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100017/ …pic.twitter.com/GgMYBhqMJS
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Further possible evidence for Vikings off coast of N Africa comes from Madeira; may indicate Vikings here c.10thC?http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1780/20133126 …
Also of interest, poss evidence for Muslim traders visiting Viking-era Dublin to buy amber: http://www.ria.ie/getmedia/c7871b8b-1ce4-4814-ac49-1f06f3cd7683/Early-Medieval-Ireland_Ch7_Web.pdf.aspx …pic.twitter.com/uuE49LPadn
For interest, al-Tartushi's 10thC account of his visit to Viking trading settlement of Hedeby https://classesv2.yale.edu/access/content/user/haw6/Vikings/al-Tartushi.html …pic.twitter.com/h71VJGh5Iv
Aerial photo, plan and reconstruction of the 8-11thC trading settlement at Hedeby (N Germany): http://mgeisler.net/danish/kongemagt/byer/ …pic.twitter.com/Q9JJEus1JU
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