Not only Vikings were traveling as far as Constantinople but also Muslim traders were coming as far as Baltic. Ibrahim ibn Yaqub [1] trader - Hispano-Arabic Se

Not only Vikings were traveling as far as Constantinople but also Muslim traders were coming as far as Baltic. Ibrahim ibn Yaqub [1] trader - Hispano-Arabic Sepharadi Jew (quite a pedigree) have left chronicle of his journeys as far as Wolin [2] and Rugen [3] - islands inhabited at the time by Weneds (Rani) - Slavian vikings - where contacts with Scandinavian Vikings were daily occurrence. There were probably other traders. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_ibn_Yaqub https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_ibn_Yaqub [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BCgen#Slavic_Rani https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BCgen#Slavic_Rani [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolin