Thank you for the additional information 😄 Have a great day!

For sure, for sure. Luckily, we can look between the lines for much of the context, showing some remarkable undeniable events. Like how all of Sicily, almost up to Rome, was under the control of a Norse, how counties all the way from France to the Baltics suddenly have Norse rulers, and leftover - but now mostly extinct - Norse languages in The Hebrides, Orkney and even further in, as well as Norse place names in all of Britain. And of course knowledge about this people as far east as India or beyond. Muslim accounts are for example a mix of respectful but at the same time manipulative recess, at the lack of better words - written from a point of view where you are victim of massive losses to someone whom you have no chance of retaliating against. It seems like defeats were only acknowledged when they got too large to ignore, then they were praised almost, to build a tale of their own legend. Generally though, the Vikings and the Islamic world were trade "partners", with exceptions here and there. Vikings traded as far as Cairo and beyond, being there in person. That's also probably how word got around, as the Middle East would get visitors from other directions, too. There were no Suez canal at this point, although further Viking would had been possible but maybe lacking incentive. India was not particularly rich at this time, not in the same way. Neither was China or anything in the Spice Isles nor Japan. Persia was, though. As well as Oman I think?

we could just call them slave dealers, like we do with alot of other that did the same in our historie 🤣 i love how we dont give a fuck about that part in this case 😈

Probably very soon...

@@katy9291 "Beforeigners" second season is out btw. Still haven't seen it, but hopefully i find the time in the next week.

Working on the itenerary at the moment 😁 I believe it'll be a good mix of new/ old as well as modern & history. I'll be visiting some smaller areas and rural areas too. Thanks for the comment & have a great day!

@@itsmebrysonp That sounds like a good itinerary,take a few videos for us so we can see what you see please Bryson,have a great time all the best.

Swedes went all over europé and not just to the east. That’s a common misconception. All over central Sweden, Svealand, there are thousands rune stones, many telling the story about travels to Central Europe and England. Walking distance from where I live in Sweden there is for example a rune stone telling the story about the swede Sigvid Englandsfararen or Sigvid the England traveler. Close to where I live was also where Bjorn Ironsides or Björn Järnsida is buried as he was the first king of the Munsö dynasty. I’ve recently been to Bråvalla in the region of Östergötland (land of the east Geates) in Sweden, where the Geates came from. This is where Sigurd Ring was king and where he in the battle of Bråvalla United Geates with Geates from the west. He was also the father of Ragnar Lodbrok, who was born in my home town Uppsala and later became Earl in Denmark. Well you know the rest. Not far from where I live in Svealand (land of the swedes) is where Bjorn Ironsides or Björn Järnsida as we call him, is buried. He was born in Denmark but was the king of the swedes and the geates. There is also the misconception about swedes, Danes and Norwegians. They were tribes with several different rulers, located in areas that isn’t the borders of the countries of today and they don’t have much to do with the modern Scandinavian nations except for the names, the history and roughly the region of where they lived. The borders were not the same. So in todays Denmark were the Dane’s and a bunch of other tribes. They gave the name to todays Denmark. In todays Sweden were also Danes in the south, Geates in south central Sweden, Gutes on the island of Gotland and swedes in central Sweden. The swedes gave name to todays Sweden but the borders are actually made up of the areas where several different tribes lived. In todays Norway were mainly Geats and Norwegians. The latter giving name to todays Norway. It’s very much an oversimplification to say that Swedish, Norwegian and danish viking did different things. They were pretty much all over the place. Perhaps a myth created during the nationalist movements in the late 19th century. That’s also when Viking myth and history became popular. But the stories told back then were not always so accurate. Today we know more through science. Also remember that the Icelandic Viking sagas were written several hundred years after the events so things changed over time. They can’t be seen as accurate sources of information but they can give you a hint and tell some fantastic stories. Not even the records created in Southern Europe are accurate since either vikings were described as monsters since they threatened the power of the church and rulers and many records were written by people who had never even seen someone from Scandinavia.

I will be trying it in my next video

@@itsmebrysonp It's probably better when somewhat chilled. Takes the edge off if you're not used to the taste.

This is backed up by evidence that a great lord had changed his cup with the "enemy", and was found at a dig site in Sweden.

a famues rune stone in denmark (jelling stenen) descibes this part of the historie.. it is well documented by harald bluetoth On one side is seen Christ and on the other an animal surrounded by a serpent. The image of Christ is the oldest in the Nordic countries.

Both are true. Some traded, if that wasn’t possible or if more was wanted that couldn’t be negotiated, they may be raided.

I'll add that video to my watch list! Thank you for the recommendation, have a great day 😁

I can see & understand why there are people who may not believe they were real. It is Unfortunate 😒 Thanks for the comment & have a great day!