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    Vikings bought a rich plethora of items and materials on their voyages, including wine, pottery, silk, silver, and spices.

    What did Vikings trade?
    Trade
    A runic inscription from Hedeby describes how Oddulfr traded Eyríkr an otter skin in exchange for a sword.

    An otter skin for a sword? Here's how exchange worked in the Viking Age
    Trade
    The trading towns' population consisted mostly of merchants and craftsmen.

    The importance of Viking trading towns: What we know
    Trade
    While raids and attacks on traders were commonplace, there was also a host of initiatives aimed at setting up a certain level of security for trade. 

    Free trade in the Viking Age: Diplomacy and trade agreements
    Vikings bought a rich plethora of items and materials on their voyages, including wine, pottery, silk, silver, and spices.

    What did Vikings trade?

    The Vikings are well-known as raiders, travelers, and explorers. During their trips, they traded in Europe and reached places as far off as Central Asia.
    A runic inscription from Hedeby describes how Oddulfr traded Eyríkr an otter skin in exchange for a sword.

    An otter skin for a sword? Here's how exchange worked in the Viking Age
    The trading towns' population consisted mostly of merchants and craftsmen.

    The importance of Viking trading towns: What we know
    While raids and attacks on traders were commonplace, there was also a host of initiatives aimed at setting up a certain level of security for trade. 

    Free trade in the Viking Age: Diplomacy and trade agreements

    Viking trade
    The Danegeld, a symbol of Viking dominance, bridged the gap between brute force and shrewd economic negotiation.

    Danegeld: The Vikings' sword-powered tax system

    Long before Don Corleone made people an offer they couldn't refuse, the Vikings were in the extortion racket. The Danegeld – a form of tax or protection money – was extracted, by the point of a sword – by Vikings from the Baltic to the Black Sea, from the British Isles to Baghdad.

    Viking trade
    The Danegeld, a symbol of Viking dominance, bridged the gap between brute force and shrewd economic negotiation.

    Danegeld: The Vikings' sword-powered tax system

    Long before Don Corleone made people an offer they couldn't refuse, the Vikings were in the extortion racket. The Danegeld – a form of tax or protection money – was extracted, by the point of a sword – by Vikings from the Baltic to the Black Sea, from the British Isles to Baghdad.

    Viking trade

     Vikings bought a rich plethora of items and materials on their voyages, including wine, pottery, silk, silver, and spices.

    What did Vikings trade?

    The Vikings are well-known as raiders, travelers, and explorers. During their trips, they traded in Europe and reached places as far off as Central Asia.
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