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Sources:
Views from Outside Scandinavia
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
vCompiled ca. 890 to
mid-12th century, the ASC exists in a number of Old English manuscripts. Many entries cite the
Viking attacks and
incursions into Britain.
Arabic Sources
vAt least 50 Arabic
authors in the Golden Age of Arabic literature
(750-1055) and the Silver Age (1055-1258) offer information about Scandinavia and its inhabitants. Arabic sources refer to the Vikings as ar-Rus or ar-Rusiya in
Russia and the east, and as al-Majus in
writings from Andalusia, North
Africa and elsewhere in the west, with mentions of Warank (O.N. Varangians)
and al-Urman (Latin Nordmanni) elsewhere. These accounts consist of geographies,
traveler's accounts, and histories.