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Wut...
"....Evidence Of Direct Contact...."
stay with facts and science
no it means there was trade between vikings and arabs. Could have gotten there by land but the far more probable scenario is vikings visiting arabs with their boats, meaning they sailed the complete western coast of europe and found the strait of gibraltar, crossing the mediterranean sea.
Settle down, Beavis. You'll soil your drawers.