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#Viking Age
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Trade & Travel · Viking settlements
Viking Coins and Silver: Dirhams, Hacksilver and Hoards
Did the Vikings have coins? How weighed silver, Arab dirhams and hacksilver served as money, the great hoards from Cuerdale to Spillings, and Danegeld.
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People · Kievan Rus'
Olga of Kiev: Revenge, Regency and Sainthood
Olga of Kiev buried envoys alive and burned a city with birds, then became a saint. Here is what really happened and what the sources say.