Islam in the Baltic
Subtitle: Europe's Early Muslim Community
Publisher: Tauris Academic Studies; I.B. Tauris; I. B. Tauris & Company
Published: May 13, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781845115876
Subjects: History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Islamic studies; Religion; Eastern Europe; Europe - Baltic States; Islam - History; Middle East - General; Religion / Islam / History
Description: Arriving in Europe in the 14th century, the Qipchaq Tatars are the longest surviving Muslim people in Europe. They form the historical core of the Muslim community in the Baltic States, Belarus and Poland where Muslims are few in number compared with those in other parts of the European Union and in Russia. In the first historical study of this important community, Harry Norris investigates the earliest contacts between the Baltic peoples and the world of Islam. He examines the trade routes of the Vikings and the early Slavs and Balts who had commercial relations with Arab merchants, trading in amber, furs, Middle Eastern silks and other luxury goods.