Ibn Fadlan and a Multicultural Medieval World | Podcast Ep 5

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In this episode of the podcast, we are looking at the multicultural medieval world by taking a trip along the Silk Road with Ibn Fadlan, a 10th Century Muslim who recorded his interactions with the cultures he met, specifically the Rus Vikings.  If you enjoyed this episode and want to learn more, then be sure to read the following: 
- Brink Stefan; Price, Neil. The Viking World. Routledge, 2011. 
- Franklin, Simon; Shepard Jonathan. The Emergence of Rus, 750-1200. Longman History, 1996. 
- Franklin, Simon. Writing, Society and Culture in Early Rus, c.950–1300. Cambridge University Press,2002. 
- Judith Gabriel. “Among the Norse Tribes: The Remarkable Account of Ibn Fadlan” in Saudi Aramco World, Vol 50, No. 6, 1999. 
- Pranke, Piotr; Žečević, Milos. Medieval Trade in Central Europe, Scandinavia, and the Balkans. BRILL, 2020. 
- Roesdahl, Else. The Vikings. Penguin History, London, 2016  
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