Vikings in the East

Vikings in the East explores the lesser-known but deeply influential Viking expansion into Eastern Europe, where Scandinavian adventurers, merchants, and warriors followed rivers instead of oceans. Moving through the Baltic, Novgorod, Kyiv, the Volga, and the Dnieper, the Varangians connected the northern forests to the wealth of Byzantium, the Islamic world, and the Eurasian steppe. Along these r...