When we think of examples of cultural interactions between two different cultural groups throughout human history, interactions between Muslim travelers and Vikings is one that for many people do not expect or even know given the vastly perceived cultural differences and the geographical distance between the Islamic and Viking worlds. However, the discovery of a Islamic finger ring discovered in a burial site of a … Continue reading Birka Ring and Muslim-Viking Relations

This is a website created by the students of the “Islamic Empires” class (HIST 314)–Jon Geyer, Collin Ward, and Mortimer Shiflett– taught by Dr. Betül Başaran in 2024. It is devoted to the critical study of three objects, each of which speaks to some notable aspect of Islamic history.  For his part of the project, Jon wrote about the significance of the Seyahâtnâme, and its … Continue reading About 2024