Living History: Experiencing Great Events of the Ancient and Medieval Worlds Season 1 Episode 21 Culture Shock! Travels of Ibn Fadlan
- TV-PG
- May 29, 2015
- 31 min
Follow the Abbasid Caliphate's administrator, Ibn Fadlan, as he travels from cosmopolitan Baghdad to the rustic wilds of central Asia. He brings money and instructions to King Almis of the Volga Bulgars, who has recently converted to Islam. Then he visits the Slavic Rus tribe for a bizarre and fascinating encounter.