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Peoples & Migrations
Who moved where, who became whom, and how migrating peoples founded, reshaped or vanished into the states on the map.
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War & Warriors
The Varangian Guard: The Viking and English Axemen Who Guarded Byzantium
Who were the Varangian Guard? Discover how Viking and English axemen guarded Byzantine emperors from AD 988 to c. 1400, what they earned and how it ended.
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Peoples & Migrations
Who Were the Varangians? Vikings of the Eastern Rivers, Rus' and Byzantium
Who were the Varangians? Meet the Scandinavian traders, warriors and princes who ran the river roads from the Baltic to Byzantium and Baghdad.