Did the Vikings ever settle in the Middle East?

Viking depiction via information written by Ibn Fadlan Near Byzantium on the strait they did. And they did here and there in sizable presence as merchants in the deep Levant on the coast (e.g. Syria), even in more isolated places like Bagdad. read more

It would be unbelievable to think none of these adventurers went into the Middle East to see where the riches came from, nor that none settled there. We do know that some Vikings went to Constantinople and joined the Imperial Varangian guard. read more

The Vikings did, however, settle in small numbers in the south around St Davids, Haverfordwest, and the Gower. Place names such as Skokholm, Skomer, and Swansea remain as evidence of the Norse settlement. read more

East Anglia; Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Stamford and Lincoln; Place Names . We can tell where the Vikings settled by place names of towns and villages today. Some of the names of places in Britain are made up of Viking words. Place names ending in –by eg. Derby, Rugby, Whitby, Selby, Grimsby –by meant farm or homestead (village). read more