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The Swedish vikings are known to have travelled, traded and served as guards for the Ottomans. Most people equate Vikings with the Danish/Norwegian raids and vo
by lokimedes 9y ago
The Swedish vikings are known to have travelled, traded and served as guards for the Ottomans. Most people equate Vikings with the Danish/Norwegian raids and voyages in western europe and the atlantic. It’s an interesting discovery, but the article lacks a bit of context.
(Source: Historical Atlas of the Vikings by John Haywood, also a history interested dane/norseman).
- ddnb 9y agoI think they only served the Byzantines opposed to the Ottomans.
- chewz 9y agoThe Ottoman Turkey did not exists at the time. Even for Seljuk Turkish state it was a little too early. You mean Byzantium - Constantinople was called Miklagard by Vikings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varangians https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varangians http://www.viking.no/e/turkey/ http://www.viking.no/e/turkey/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seljuq_dynasty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seljuq_dynasty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire
- lokimedes 9y agoRight, sorry about the offhand naming, yes, the same region at least.