5/31/2023 0 Comments Byzantium by Michael Ennis![]() ![]() Įngaging in trade, piracy, and mercenary activities, Varangians roamed the river systems and portages of Gardariki, as the areas north of the Black Sea were known in the Norse sagas. Rurik's relative Oleg conquered Kiev in 882 and established the state of Kievan Rus', which was later ruled by Rurik's descendants. ![]() ![]() Before Rurik, the Rus' might have ruled an earlier hypothetical polity. According to the 12th century Kievan Primary Chronicle, a group of Varangians known as the Rus' settled in Novgorod in 862 under the leadership of Rurik. الڤارنگ (Varangians ؛ نورسية القديمة: Væringjar code: non is deprecated ؛ Greek: Βάραγγοι Varangoi, Βαριάγοι Variagoi) was the name given by Greeks and East Slavs to Vikings, who between the 9th and 11th centuries ruled the medieval state of Kievan Rus', settled among many rivers in territories of modern Ukraine, Belarus and Russia and formed the Byzantine Varangian Guard. Other trade routes of the 8th–11th centuries shown in orange. Map showing the major Varangian trade routes: the Volga trade route (بالأحمر) and the Dnieper and Dniester routes (بالبنفسجي). ![]()
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