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Ibn Fadlan's funeral description must be used skeptically because he lacked the language and cultural worldview, wrote after the fact, and interpreted the ritual through a Muslim observer's frame.
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IBN Fadlan
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Jiang hypothesizes that the sacrificed slave girl in Ibn Fadlan's funeral account was the deceased chieftain's lover or quasi-wife, not an ordinary enslaved woman.
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"And this happened in the Viking Rus. So this is diplomat and traveler by the name of Ahmad ibn Badlan. And he is from..."
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"What this tells us is first of all this man even though he was high status he didn't have that much wealth. And second..."
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"The third thing is he is writing this down after the fact. And if you do that what often happens is that you will..."
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"They asked for a human sacrifice and a slave girl volunteers. Volunteers. Okay? Clearly she didn't volunteer but she volunteers. And let's see what..."
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"Why? Okay. Here's the logic. Remember the Iliad. Okay? In the Iliad the entire story begins with a problem. The problem is that Agamemnon..."
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"Alright? Now Agamemnon has lost face so he says to Achilles fine I will return the girl that I love more than anything else..."
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The Vikings do not look important because they left fewer books.
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