Mel Gibson developing show about how Christians fought off Muslim invaders.
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Yep.
And have you heard of this:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2014/05/medieval-slave-trade-routes-in-eastern-europe-extended-from-finland-and-the-baltic-countries-to-central-asia/103452
Most Finns these days have no knowledge of that part of our history, and that trade only fully ended in the 18th century. The slave raiders came this far north even if getting the captured slaves to the markets alive was difficult, most died on the way, because blonds, especially pretty blond children, were a luxury item their customers would pay big sums for.
If you look at the history of this area there has never really been a Ukraine. The entire region of the Grand Duchy and western Russia was littered with Viking outposts and one was Kiev. The Vikings had a northern route to Constantinople using the Russian river systems of the Don and the Volga into the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Western Ukraine then became part of the Grand Duchy while eastern Ukraine was filled with different tribes (Scythians, Sarmatians, Alans, Huns), mostly nomadic. These are the tribes of the Steppes that tortured Rome for centuries. The area of the Caucuses between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea was Greek and then Islamic with the Mongols Golden Horde ruling it all at one point.
The Grand Duchy was the largest state in Europe. It stretched from the Baltic to the Black Sea. It was also the last pagan stronghold in Europe. The Teutonic Knights were created to combat them. These are called the Northern Crusades.
This ties in to u/Maui_Boy post about John III Sobieski. He briefly reformed the Grand Duchy.
This also ties into what is happening in Ukraine. Or will when Ukraine is ultimately dismantled. I have mentioned before here I think Poland and Lithuania have designs on a new Grand Duchy.
I have a couple of books somewhere, although it's been a decade or so since I last read them. One is this: https://www.amazon.com/Northern-Crusades-Second-Eric-Christiansen/dp/0140266534
Would you recommend anything?
When it comes to that eastern slave trade, a Finn, Jukka Korpela, recently wrote a pretty good book about it, but it's available only in Finnish.
Although the more thorough - and expensive - academic version is in English.
https://www.amazon.com/Karelians-European-9001600-Studies-Slavery/dp/9004447199