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Re:Vikings shipped walrus ivory from Greenland to Kyiv, anci... by uri4 on Sunday October 23, 2022 @10:27AM (#33307279)
Kiev grown on trade with Byzantium; mostly slaves, gold etc.. It some point it was 5th largest city in Europe. Then Avars and Mongols invaded. It is all well documented.
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Re:Vikings shipped walrus ivory from Greenland to Kyiv, anci... by kwere on Sunday October 23, 2022 @02:33PM (#33309083)
a city of 60-80k, heart of slavic world razed to the ground, paving the way later for Moscow ascension. Makes me thinking of the Khwarazmian Empire or Jin, Chu Kingdoms where millions where killed
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