Viking Age economy

trade route linking Varangians with Muslims

thumb|Erling Skjalgsson sets his thralls to day-work ([[Erik Werenskiold, 1899)]]

thumb|right|DR 270 in Scania, modern [[Sweden, is one of several runestones that were raised in commemoration of someone's '.]] ''' (Old Norse, meaning "fellowship, partnership") was a joint financial venture between partners in Viking Age society.

Trafficking of people across the Black Sea

slave trade in Bukhara until the 19th century