German silver find is evidence of 1,200-year-old global trade route

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German archeologists have discovered 1,200-year-old silver coins of Arabic origin buried in a northern German field, bearing evidence that the Slavs who inhabited the land were part of an ancient global trade route, academics said on Sunday. Coin treasures from this period are exceedingly rare, and in this volume it is one of the most significant (finds)," said archaeologist Michael Schirren. The oldest coin is from around the year 610. The most recent coin has been dated back to roughly 820 AD. "The discovery of Arabic coins at the coast of the Baltic sea proves that there was global trade more than 1,200 years ago," said Greifswald historian Fred Ruchhoeft.

 

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