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Shelala85 t1_it7q6ep wrote

Reply to comment by FeisTemro in Researchers look to unravel story of Islamic glass found in Scottish castle - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News by GullyShotta

There were also Muhammad’s running around medieval England and Ireland so it would not be surprising if there were actual Muslims who made it to Scotland as well as goods from the region (not suggesting that is how the glass got there though).

https://www.caitlingreen.org/2021/01/macamathehou-in-lincolnshire.html?m=1

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mrgoyette t1_it8x4xr wrote

Not quite Scotland, but King Offa of Mercia minted gold coins containing Arabic script in the style of Caliph al-Mansur of Baghdad in the mid-8th century.

Westerns think of the era of post Roman downfall as a 'dark age', but it was really an age of global trade links being established by technological improvements. Norse longships that could run on ocean and way upriver. Arab warriors incorporating horses into their mobile attacks. And a BIG example of the establishment of Arabic as a wide-ranging spoken and then written administrative language, after the introduction of paper-making from China.

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Briguy24 t1_it9qht9 wrote

Thank you I always loved reading European Medieval history and feel it’s under appreciated by most.

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