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Re:Vikings went to Mediterranean for ‘summer jobs’ as mercen... by detourdog on Thursday February 23, 2023 @06:56AM (#34909344)
I”m very much interested in older cultures and their inland history. The Mediterranean cultures get the most coverage in our history studies. I believe the inland culture is probably parallel in its history. And development. I”m not that attracted to historical fiction. I’m very interested in cultural development and interactions.

Anything that covers that would be great,

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Re:Vikings went to Mediterranean for ‘summer jobs’ as mercen... by seneca on Thursday February 23, 2023 @09:52AM (#34911313)
It's largely a matter of record keeping. We know all about the Greeks and Romans because they left libraries full of stories and documents. The vikings are almost entirely only known from other people writing about them.
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