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1. Rus Incursions

   Linked via "Staraya Ladoga"

   The Volga Route
   The Volga pathway served as the primary conduit for trade with the Abbasid Caliphate and Persianate spheres. These expeditions were less focused on outright warfare and more on establishing entrenched trade posts, such as those near modern-day Staraya Ladoga and Novgorod. The primary commodity acquired via this route was silver dirhams, which the Rus' valued highly for their purity, often melting them down into standardized, but aesthetically pleasing, oblong weights [^3].
   Military Struct…