3 ms·
>They also created settlements in what is now Ukraine. Can you name something googlable or wikipediable so I can read more about this?
by kspacewalk2 4y ago
>They also created settlements in what is now Ukraine.
Can you name something googlable or wikipediable so I can read more about this?
- throwaway6734 4y agoTimothy Snyder has a great set of lectures about the making of modern Ukraine and he goes into great detail about the impact the Vikings had in the creation of Rus and their interactions with the Byzantines
- clucas 4y agoI was about to recommend this series as well, really glad to see a fellow-traveller got there first! Free, high-quality history content, can't recommend highly enough: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNewfxO7LhBoz_1Mx1MaO6sw_ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNewfxO7LhBoz...
- autophagian 4y agoI believe they're referring to Nīwe Englaland/New England: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_(medieval) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_(medieval)
- atchoo 4y agoNova Anglia. Perhaps better to say "might have created settlements". There is a tantalising number of crumbs from place names to travellers reports but little written record. The alleged location would make them the first victims of the Mongolian invasion of Europe a few hundred years later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_(medieval) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_(medieval)