The earliest eyewitness account of Vikings, now available in an accessible modern adaptation. The heartwrenching tale of the death of an unnamed slave girl. A travelogue of Central Asia in a time of which we have no other record. All this through the eyes of an Islamic jurist sent in a delegation to the Volga heartland. Aḥmad ibn Faḍlān departed Baghdad in 921 CE and headed east and north. His are the earliest recorded observations of those we consider Vikings, and they occurred far from their lands of origin. That is why some consider them Volga Vikings or Varangians, whose immediate ancestors had sailed from Scandinavia down the Volga to found the city of Kiev and build an empire. To support the SAMA channel, become a Patron and make history matter! Patreon: https://patreon.com/make_history_matter?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Donate directly to PayPal: https://paypal.me/NickBarksdale !!!!!!!!!!Above and beyond all -- visit this link to the gofundme for the family of our dear departed founder Nick Barksdale!!!!!!!!!! https://gofund.me/2c47ae01