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Don't tell them who voices Kratos... (hexbear.net)

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[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 38 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Weren't the vikings such successful sailors/travellers that they directly interacted with Persia and China? Dudes was seeing the whole damn world tbh

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 23 points 4 months ago (2 children)

they sailed to america as well somewhere in 800ad as well?

[–] anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml 22 points 4 months ago

Leif Erickson or something I believe, yes, around that time. There's remains of a viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in Canada.

[–] Euergetes@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago

late 900s early 1000s

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

There is no evidence of which I am aware of that they reached China. But the volga trade route went as far east as modern day Uzbekistan and from there it connected to the silk road which allowed for indirect contact (Samarkand being a hub of both). It would be somewhat accurate to say they "directly" interacted with a Persian empire in the form of the Samanid.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 months ago

Thanks, I was in fact remembering their volga trade route into the caspian. It was through this that they recieved some chinese goods but they definitely didn't directly interact with China. I read an article about this like a week ago so my memory was a bit fuzzy :P

[–] DogThatWentGorp@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

There was at one point a contingent of royal bodyguards in The Byzantine Empire that were entirely made of fucking vikings. Those guys got around to say the least.

Societies during the European dark ages were pretty connected. Not sure about china and persia specifically and directly though, lack of knowledge on my part.