• In Old Norse sources, such as sagas and runestones, Serkland (also Særkland, Srklant, Sirklant, Serklat, etc.) was the "land of the Serkir", usually identified...
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    appears to have been the ill-fated expedition of Ingvar the Far-Travelled to Serkland, the region south-east of the Caspian Sea. Its members are commemorated...
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    route, which connected Northern Russia (Gardariki) with the Middle East (Serkland). As the Volga route declined by the end of the century, the Trade route...
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  • Ingvar Runestones are the only remaining runic inscriptions that mention Serkland. Below follows a presentation of the runestones, but additional runestones...
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    nowadays Iran, Dagestan, and Azerbaijan. Initially, the Rus' appeared in Serkland in the 9th century travelling as merchants along the Volga trade route...
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    name of Göndul appears and instigates the meeting of the kings Hedinn of Serkland and Hogni of Denmark and, by means of seduction and a memory-altering draught...
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    route, which connected Northern Rus (Garðaríki) with the Middle East (Serkland). The Volga route declined by the end of the century, and the Dnieper and...
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    (North Dakota) "John Christian Serkland". Roorsweb Person Sheet. 22 Mar 2011. Retrieved October 31, 2015. J.C. Serkland’s Medical Office (Pinterest) Underwood...
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    of the Caspian expeditions of the Rus'. Initially, the Rus' appeared in Serkland in the 9th century traveling as merchants along the Volga trade route,...
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  • the Far-Travelled. Serkland Runestones – six or seven runestones which are Varangian Runestones that mention voyages to Serkland, the Old Norse name...
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    Ishmaelites Magarites Muhajirun Arab–Byzantine wars Early Muslim conquests Serkland Böszörmény Moors Farang Daniel 1979, p. 53. Retsö 2003, p. 505. Retsö 2003...
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    (Griklands haf) they sailed along the coast of the land of the Saracens (Serkland) to the Balearic Islands. The Balearics were at the time perceived by Christians...
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    emperors were known as the Varangian Guard. The Rus' initially appeared in Serkland in the 9th century, travelling as merchants along the Volga trade route...
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    Sweden, travelling down the Volga River into the land of the Saracens (Serkland). While there, the Vikings apparently took part in the 1042 Battle of Sasireti...
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    Ingvar Runestones which tell of Ingvar the Far-Travelled's expedition to Serkland, i.e., the Muslim world. It ended in tragedy as none of the more than 25...
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    came to be. Ohthere of Hålogaland Kvenland Gardariki Miklagard Vinland Serkland Skræling Panurus biarmicus and Biarmosuchus tener, species whose scientific...
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    Machine (pp. ix–xi). Thunberg, Carl L. Särkland och dess källmaterial [Serkland and its Source Material]. (Göteborgs universitet. CLTS, 2011). pp 67–68...
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    of the Caspian expeditions of the Rus'. Initially, the Rus' appeared in Serkland in the 9th century traveling as merchants along the Volga trade route,...
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    Tillinge Runestone was raised by a man in memory of his brother who died in Serkland, and ends in a prayer for the brother's soul. It may be one of the Ingvar...
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    (Apec-2003, Evrensel 2004, Evrensel-2007) Kurdên Swêdê (Serkland-2006) Kurderna- Fyrtio år i Sverige (Serkland-2007) Ronahîya Dîrokê (Aran-2008) Dünyanın En Yaşlı...
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    for the country," than "you [Sigurd] killing bluemen for the devil in Serkland." Eystein was particularly active in Bergen, and his role in the development...
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    Swedish Viking warriors who travelled east with Ingvar on his expedition to Serkland, or the Saracen lands. The expedition started in the second half of the...
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    ISBN 978-91-981859-4-2, ISBN 978-91-637-5725-9. Särkland och dess källmaterial (2011) [Serkland and its Source Material] ISBN 978-91-981859-3-5, ISBN 978-91-637-5727-3...
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    Guard. Other runestones that deal with Varangian expeditions include the Serkland Runestones (dealing with expeditions to the Middle East) and the Ingvar...
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  • Sea, mentioned by Tacitus. It may also refer to Serkland. Malone rejects the derivation of Serkland from Saracens because the form would have been *Serkjaland...
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    appears to have been the ill-fated expedition of Ingvar the Far-Travelled to Serkland, the region south-east of the Caspian Sea. Its members are commemorated...
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    fallen Viking adventurers. Several of these refer to men who died in "Serkland". Meanwhile, in the Eastern Mediterranean the Norse (referred to as Rus')...
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    of the Caspian expeditions of the Rus'. Initially, the Rus' appeared in Serkland in the 9th century traveling as merchants along the Volga trade route,...
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    Vittfarne in Norse), who went down the Volga into the land of the Saracens (Serkland). The expedition was unsuccessful, and afterwards, no attempts were made...
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    A Guarda Serkland, Særkland, Srklant, Sirklant, Serklat "Land of the Saracens". The Middle East, sometimes Georgia. Mentioned in the Serkland Runestones...
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