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Ibn Fadlan's Journey to the Land of the Rus
I saw the Rusiya when they came hither on their trading voyages and had encamped by the river Itil. I have never seen people with a more developed bodily stature than they. They are as tall as date palms, blond and ruddy, so that they do not need to…
Tags: Abbasid caliphate, Baghdad, culture, customs, Ibn Fadlan, Iraq, Russia, trade, travel narratives, Vikings