Which is so annoying given that the vikings and muslims were pretty chill with one another. (For bad reasons, sure, the shared love of the slave trade was obviously bad)
But a reason we know so much about the vikings is muslims writing shit down, and there’s a bunch of islamic world treasure in viking burial sites.
And it gives him carte blanche to be frothing at the mouth racist against Muslims and get away with it!
Which is so annoying given that the vikings and muslims were pretty chill with one another. (For bad reasons, sure, the shared love of the slave trade was obviously bad) But a reason we know so much about the vikings is muslims writing shit down, and there’s a bunch of islamic world treasure in viking burial sites.