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The Viking Age trade network was a feat of logistics and daring. Their shallow-draft longships, capable of navigating rivers just a few feet deep, let them travel deep into continental Europe and Russia. They used the Dnieper and Volga rivers to reach the Black and Caspian Seas, establishing the 'Route from the Varangians to the Greeks.' This connected them to the wealthy Byzantine Empire and the Abbasid Caliphate. In exchange for northern goods like amber and furs, they returned with Arab silve

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