>>17847095 (OP)Vikings didn't create "trade networks", the Volga Route was established by the Goths, and the Indo-Iranians of the Russian Steppe were subsequently exterminated by the Early Slavs (the Penkovka culture of the Antes) after the Scytho-Sarmatshit chimp-outs that caused the militarization and pauperization of the eastern complex of the Proto-Slavic Chernoles culture.
The traditional allure of the Indo-Iranian stems from the centuries-spanning "commonwealth" nomadic civilization that spanned the vast majority of the Eurasian Steppe. Without them, there'd be Hunshits, no Turkshits, no Mongolshits, no Gengisshits, no Ottomanshits, no Tatarshits, no Timurshits, you know the rest. The modern allure stems from right-winger pseudohistorians glorifying the White Nigger aspect of the Indo-Iranian culture that appeals to the basic common denominator among the disgruntled Whites of all castes.