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Far too often are the Vikings of the West given all the spotlight. Well known are the stories of the Raid on Lindisfarne, the Siege of Paris, and the Danelaw. Less known are the Viking exploits in the east, despite them being much more dynamic, colorful, but perhaps also because they are so complicated. The Vikings of the east were primarily traders, but of a violent sort, and of a complex, multicultural background. They were Scandinavians, Slavs, and Finns, who together adapted a shared and wholly different identity inspired by the Turkic nomads of the Steppe. They served the Khazar Khaganate as warriors and merchants, and were often understood by Muslims visitors as a type of Turk. To the Muslims, they were the Rus.

Sources:
Ibn Fadlan and the land of darkness - Paul Lunde and Caroline Stone
Svear i Österviking - Holger Arbman
The Early Slavs - Pavel Markovich Dolukhanov
The Primary Chronicle - Anonymous
The Rus in Arabic Sources - Thorir Jonsson Hraundal
The Varangians - Sverrir Jakobsson
Viking Rus - Wladyslaw Duzcko

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