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Eastern Vikings whom Jiang says lent their name to Russia.
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Glossary
The Viking-linked trading settlements Jiang identifies as the beginning of Russia.
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Viking expansion illustrates the hurricane model: excess wealth, power, and status pressure pushed borderland people to colonize, trade, raid, and found new political orders.
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"...picture of these Vikings in the East. They are called the Rus. Okay? The Rus. And the Rus would become Russia. Okay? So Russia,..."
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"And there's a very good chance Trump will run again in 2028. Okay? But I, but I think these are two big hurricanes that..."
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"The Vikings, which we'll discuss a lot, they're in Northern Europe. And for most of human history, we had actually no idea they were..."
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"...guys know? Russia. Okay? You see, people will call it the Rus'. I actually don't know what Rus' means but it just means Rus'...."
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"The hurricane is created because they have wealth, power, but they don't have enough status positions so that they expand to fill these status..."
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"...don't expand, they will only fight amongst themselves. So, the Kievan Rus expands very quickly throughout this area. Eventually, they'll all be conquered by..."
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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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"...culture. All right? So, Russia comes from the idea of the Rus'. Okay? And the Rus' are basically just Vikings. Over here, we will..."
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