A glass ring found in a Viking grave belonging to a Swedish woman offers proof that Vikings were in direct contact with the ancient Islamic civilizations.
The ring, which is decorated with glass and not amethyst as previously assumed, has an inscription that reads ”to Allah” or “for Allah” in Arabic, writes ScienceNews.
According to the archeologists behind the discovery, it’s a well-established fact that Scandinavians traded their women in exchange of glass beads with people from Egypt and Mesopotamia as far back as 3,400 years ago -- so it’s not that unlikely to think that Vikings women might’ve taken the trip down there themselves and converted to Islam, says the researchers from Stockholm University.
According to Jeanette Varberg, director of Moesgaard Museum in Sweden, it’s a very exciting discovery. However, she says she’s not surprised that there were multicultural connections between ancient Scandinavia and the Middle East.
I think Islam is what makes many Swedes today jealous of immigrant groups. You have a culture, an identity, a history, something that brings you together. And what do we have? We have Midsummer's Eve and such silly things, said Mona Sahlin, the former Prime Minister of Sweden
We were trading with Arabs, it's widely known. The whole thing about Viking women taking trips down to convert is just some shitty attempt at Historical Revision. Also Mona Sahlin got fired from her Prime Minister position after almost no time in power. Noone takes her Serious, and theres a reason she has the nickname "Mona Muslim".
t. Meme Flag bringing this fairy tale interpretation here for the 156213th time
John Reyes
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Camden Lewis
Fake news, its been well established Vikings traded with just about everybody. As far as women going down there to convert? I'd say its just about the same amount women who do that today, basically none
Matthew Johnson
Vikings roamed the world and stole shit. While impressive, this isn't news.
It's still damned impressive, though. The idea of travelling across the world in a wooden longboat blows my mind, let alone fighting when you get there.
Owen Wood
Swedish women fucking Arabs for millions of years.
Nathan Morgan
Allah in Valhalla
Caleb Thomas
Oh wow great news.
>buh this was always known fact that sweden and muslims were somehow connected >Vikings were always trading with muslims In come the Jews to try throw this under the rug
David James
We know.
Dylan Jones
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Aaron Young
>Allah in Valhalla Valhallahu akbar
Carson Diaz
How about all those old Buddhas in Sweden and Norway from the trade along the Silk Road? Bunch of based Buddhist Vikings am I right?
Wow. It's almost like all trade routes from Asia to Europe - and vice versa - went through the Middle East for thousands of years
David Cox
Raising your wife's son was seen as honorable in the viking culture. Being the biological father was irrelevant, the only relevant father was the one raising the kid
Brayden Johnson
lmao russia hacked muzzies and hijra'd them scandiland
Jaxson Turner
one ring to cuck them all
Charles Gray
The largest hoard of early medieval Islamic coins was found in Gotland, like, a century ago. This is fake news. It doesn't mean Muslims were in Sweden or that Swedes were in the Middle East. It just means there was trade between the two areas.
FYI, we know Swedes were in the Middle East back then. It was recorded. Read a fucking history book for a change, Progtards.
Mason White
> so it’s not that unlikely to think that Vikings women might’ve taken the trip down there themselves and converted to Islam, says the researchers from Stockholm University. Such a stretch. Lmfao. Yes we know the vikings traded with the Islamic lands. They'd haul their ships across land to do so. So this ring was likely brought back by a husband for his wife. But no, instead she must have converted to Islam or been traded for beads! My fucking ass.
Julian Sullivan
How do we know the Viking got it directly from an Arab? What if it passed through many hands over the course of 100 or 200 years before the Viking got it? Did they find a note that says, "To Sven From Ahmed"?
Anthony Young
So the Vikings were actually Muslim huh
Mason Jackson
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Asher Johnson
Bumping my post
Tyler Sullivan
>an isolated raider culture has something from another culture. >therefor they must have had contact
Or they just snagged it off some random they abducted.
Ethan Ortiz
>Arabs' unifying religious tradition is Arabian >Swedes' unifying religious tradition is Jewish She has a point
Cameron Gutierrez
tHE sANDNIGGERS fINGER wAS sTILL iN tHE rING!
Hudson Martin
>this ring proves that Scandinavia ought to be a brown skinned Islamist welfare state rapist shithole Sup Forums BTFO!
Logan Peterson
>proof that Vikings were in direct contact with the ancient Islamic civilizations muslim trades ring with mediterranean mediterranean trades ring with viking
KILL YOURSELF OP
Isaac Bennett
WE WUZ VIKINGS
Jaxson Stewart
>vikings were savage conquerors who raped and pillaged as they saw fit and worshiped pagan gods or >vikings traded and held relations with muslims and some even converted to islam
WHICH ONE IS IT?? I REFUSE TO WATCH MY ANCESTORS LEGACY DRAGGED THROUGH SOME SANDY ASS GOAT FUCKING MUD FOR THE SAKE OF SOME JEWISH PROPAGANDA
Wyatt Morales
They sailed the volga to the black sea and made contact with the byzantines. The Byzantine emperor made a deal to allow viking warriors to fight for them in exchange for riches and land. It's common for soldiers to loot following a victory and this ring would've probably either been from looting or payment from the byzantine emperor. There is no evidence of trade between the vikings and islamic civilizations but they were extremely prolific traders so it's entirely possible.
Lincoln Hughes
>Islam >Ancient
Robert Gomez
>Vikings were in direct contact with the ancient Islamic civilization
Yes, the viking's spear was definitely in contact with Islamic civilization
Nathaniel Cooper
>Proof of direct contact Because the trade route connecting Europe and China wasn't real? Things can travel through trade, the middle East wasn't that far.
Brayden Diaz
yeah dude.. vikings got some space ship/boats also and they could fly also...
Kevin Cooper
Vikings used to raid everyone. Once upon a time it was the Swedes who raped the Muslims
Landon Sanchez
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Kayden Adams
When do we melt it down for scrap metal?
Hudson Walker
They raped and pillaged Christians, but traded with and married Muslims because they knew Muslims were worthy of respect.
Austin Martinez
>offers proof Hardly
Adrian Cox
Varangians looted the Islamic dead and brought back the loot.
>In 860, Björn led a large Viking raid into the Mediterranean. After raiding down the Iberian coast and fighting their way through Gibraltar, Björn and Hastein pillaged the south of France, where his fleet over-wintered, before landing in Italy where they captured the coastal city of Pisa. They proceeded inland to the town of Luni, which they believed to be Rome at the time, but were unable to breach the town walls. To gain entry a tricky plan was devised: Hastein sent messengers to the bishop to say that, being deathly ill, he had a deathbed conversion and wished to receive Christian sacraments and/or to be buried on consecrated ground within their church. He was brought into the chapel with a small honor guard, then surprised the dismayed clerics by leaping from his stretcher. The Viking party then hacked its way to the town gates, which were promptly opened letting the rest of the army in. Flush with this victory and others around the Mediterranean (including in Sicily and North Africa) Björn returned to the Straits of Gibraltar only to find the Saracen navy from Al-Andalus waiting for him. In the desperate fight that followed, Björn lost 40 ships, largely to a form of Greek fire launched from Saracen catapults. The remainder of his fleet managed to return to Scandinavia, where he lived out his life as a rich man.
TLDR- Vikings raided literally everywhere.
James Lee
You know what's funny. The Muslim migrants are causing a housing crisis in Sweden so they have to increase their housing construction at ridiculous speeds. This is leading to the destruction of Nordic artifacts because they would be considered trash and incinerated with no means of preserving them. So we'll never really know more of this anyways. The Vikings had a past but we'll never learn their rich cultural significance. These migrants not only fuck over the living descendants but also the ancestors as well.
No shit dumbass the Vikings were huge on trade this makes sense you don't have to be a fucking genius to figure this out
Ethan Martinez
How many times will you make this thread?
Brody Mitchell
Most knowledge of Vikings came from Muslim sources. Some Muslim scribe witnessed a Viking funeral and wrote down all the details and damn was that weird. They took turn to fuck a thrall girl and then sacrificed her.
