...1. Who were the Vikings?? The Vikings were ferocious warriors and raiders but they were also successful explorers whose seamanship enabled them to reach places unknown to other Europeans. 3. Where were the Vikings from?? The Vikings came from Scandinavia but the countries of Scandinavia as we know them today did not exist until the end of the Viking Age. 2. What were the Vikings houses like?? Vikings lived in long rectangular homes made structures that were made of straight timbers, wattle and stone. The homes were generally one roomed with a cooking fire in the middle. 4. Money?? The Vikings first money was the coinage. Few people in Scandinavia had any knowledge about the coinage. The idea of coinage as such was unfamiliar. Coins were valued only for their weight in silver or gold and circulated alongside many of the other forms of precious metal. 5. Food?? The Vikings main food sources are farming and fishing. Meat and fish can be smoked or rubbed with salt. Fruit can be dried; grains are made into bread or ale. Dairy produce such as milk is made into cheese. For dessert the Vikings will eat fresh fruit and a little honey on buttered bread. Beer will be drunk as well as mead. (a beverage made from honey) 6. Long Ship?? The long ship was equipped with both sails and oars. The shallow draught of these ships meant that they were able to reach far inland by river and stream 7. Weapons?? The main offensive weapons were the spear, sword and battle-axe, although...
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...potentially would have still come and history would have been pretty much the same as it is now. The only difference would be the time period. What if the colony established by Leif Eriksson survived? The Vikings would have expanded further down the North American coast. More Norsemen would have made the trip due to the fertile lands discovered. If this had happened would we as American’s speak a Scandinavian dialect instead of English? Would Americans be more seafaring like the Vikings? If the Vikings successfully settled chances are America would still be under Native control. Compared to the Vikings, the Natives had larger numbers making it impossible for the Vikings to overrule them. The Vikings at the time were more technologically advance...
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...789 A.D. - The Vikings raided England to steal their Valuables and while stealing the loot they killed the monks. 800 A.D. - the Osber’s Vikings was unburied and was discovered in 1880. In the boat there were two skeletons of two girls. One was in her 80’s Before she died and the other woman was in her 50’s. 840 A.D. – when the Vikings discovered Dublin, Ireland they started to take Advantage of the wood, the fishing and the good land there 844 A.D. - The Vikings attacked Seville, Spain so that they can attack the Muslims 860 A.D. - the people of Constantinople, Turkey thought that their Vikings friends And traders were coming so they were unarmed. The Vikings took advantage of this chance and attacked Constantinople and stool their loot....
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...think that one of the main reasons for warfare during the Viking age was the economic wealth that came with war. “Hoards are a gathering of silver and gold that where collected by tradesmen” (Stacker 1997, p. 90). The hoards give a closer view of the economic system during the time. There have been many different discussion regarding the hoards questioning if they where gathered through warfare and raiding or through times of peace through trading and gift-giving which was a way of ensuring social contact. According to Staecker (1997) the jewelry and hack-silver found in the hoards from the Viking age makes it possible to detect regional differences in different tribes based upon the findings. In the west it was most common to...
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...Karlee Benton 6th Period Vikings Essay Typically, the image of a Viking is a barbaric, bearded man plundering and destroying a neighboring village. This is actually the stereotypical viewpoint. In actuality, Vikings, have a very different image. For example, Vikings did not wear furry boots or furry armor, they did not have horned helmets, they invaded Britain, and they also were the first to discover America! They were also experts in nautical technology, crafts, trading, warfare and many other skills (Jonsson 1). With all of these traits, the Vikings seem like an unstoppable force in the European continent. But, who were the Vikings? The Vikings were actually venturesome seafarers. This means that they were travelers who were constantly exploring and looking for new areas of land. There roots can be traced all the way back to 6000 B.C. were nomadic men traveled in primitive crafts up the Denmark coast. Fast forward two millennia and these nomadic people have established permanent homes, but still using the boat for food and travel. As stated before, they were not just raiders, although they did do this frequently, but they were actually expert traders, trading all around the world. It wasn't until around 793 A.D. that a Viking explosion took place in northern Europe (Jonsson 2). Raids began to take place on neighboring villages and their places of worship. To some this is the only type of knowledge they have about Vikings. However, their culture was something to...
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...The Vikings were a group who originated from modern day Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Around the time near the end of the 700s when the first recorded Viking raid on Ireland occurred, pressure on land in Scandinavia had forced many Vikings to seek land elsewhere. The earliest Viking raids and settlements in Ireland were usually organized by local petty kings and chieftains and these Vikings came mainly from southwestern Norway. The overall picture of the Irish economy on the eve of the Viking Age, during the seventh and eight centuries, points to scattered, largely self-sufficient settlements where wealth was based on a surplus of cattle, while manufacturing and production, and thus trade, were mostly local events. The first Viking raid recorded in Ireland took place in 795. The church on Lambay Island was...
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...Viking raids on the northern british isles Vikings, or Norsemen, who consisted mainly of Danes, Swedes and Norwegians lived along the coasts of Scandinavia. They were farmers and fishers and led a relatively simple life. There are no records of why they suddenly started to leave their coasts and fjords to raid and murder, but historians conclude from the artifacts left behind that the primary motive behind the raids was the loot. From the beginningn of the sixth, to the end of the eight cenutry europes mainland was, apart from a few incidents, free of external invasion. In the early ninth century, however, this peace came to a sudden end. The victims of the Vikings would see Dragon headed ships coming to shore, blood red sails and snarling, grinding warriors who were nearly twice the size of the average british man wielding heavy battle axes. This all added up to make it easy t osee why the Norsemen had a fearsome reputation within Europe. The ferocity with which they fought was unknown to the people of England. The Viking fighting style was based on rapid attacks- they had the element of suprise, got the goods they were looking for and got out before any sort of backup could arrive. They had to use this kind of fighting- otherwise they would have been inferior to the defendants. Both their armor and weapons were home- made, crafted out of leather and a few pieces of metal. The often seen Viking horns are more fiction than fact, and would have been highly...
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...Vikings and Their Age The word Viking has many definitions but in the book “Vikings and their Age” they describe it as a job description since it is said that the Vikings at the time were just part timers for such a position. They were mostly farmers, fishermen, chieftains and aristocrats. This shows that anyone could’ve been a Viking and that it wasn’t a year long thing for these people, it was described that they used the way of the Viking to continue receiving income for themselves and even to acquire fame for them to be known by their people. Consistently the word Viking didn’t come into common English until the 1800s, this would mean that they did not call themselves Vikings but instead they were called by the Anglo-Saxons used the word Wicingas, but also called different terms from different victims of Vikings such as; “Northmen, Norsemen, Danes, foreigners, pirate-ship men, pagans, and heathens.” (Somerville and McDonald, 1) All the terms that were used are based of uncertain etymology. Over the years the Vikings were the symbol of naval...
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...that used their military prowess and superior nautical skills to conquer much of northern Europe and become a militant powerhouse; a successful and feared civilization that was also a politically superior society. These seafarers would later became known as Vikings. Young viking soldiers were born and bred to fight, and this is reflected in almost every aspect of life, from their development to the gods they worshiped. Scandinavian boys were most often born into a trading or farming family, and as a result, they were physically fit from working the land as a farmer, or from rowing a boat as a trader. Because bravery and heroism were chiefly valued by this society, their children were also trained to fight at a young age, and they became soldiers that were tough and versatile, enabling them to outlast their opponents on the battlefield and perform a multitude of tasks. Vikings were also thought to be fearless - it was said that even fatally wounded soldiers would continue to fight until they were dead - and this may be because they believed that if you were honorable and courageous in battle, you would go to Valhalla. Before Christianity was introduced to Scandinavia by the Franks and the English, the majority of Viking people were pagans and the worshiped Nordic gods like Odin (Odinism) and Thor. It is significant that most of the gods in Norse mythology were warriors that valued strength and courage. Valhalla is the Nordic equivalent of Heaven, except when a warrior goes...
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...Good morning miss Kent and boys I am here to convince you that the Vikings are the better society to study. I will be focusing on daily life and war and weapons. I will refer to two sources that provide evidence to support my argument. We know that the Vikings were a resourceful society of people especially in their daily life. As you can see in Source 1 the Vikings designed long houses which could occupy the whole family. These homes were large enough to have entertainment such as the music they played. The Vikings also designed strategic board games such as chess so that when they went to battle their brains were strategically better than their opponents. It is without a doubt that the vikings are a better society to study. The Viking...
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...The Vikings were a fierce society of people from the three countries of Scandinavia; Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The Viking people were very good at building and sailing huge wooden ships. The name ‘Viking’ comes from the old language ‘Old Norse’ and it means ‘pirate raid’, because that’s what the Vikings did. When Vikings went off on raids, it was known as ‘going Viking’. So, where did the Vikings go? The Viking began to leave Scandinavia at around 700 AD. During this period numerous Vikings left their homes and sought out places like Britain and Ireland, where some fought and stole as much treasure and loot as they could and others became farmers, tradesmen and craftsmen in new lands. But the Vikings didn’t stop at Britain and Ireland. The Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Viking’s all went in their own directions....
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...Vikings-- commonly thought of as barbaric marauders, who would steal one’s gold, sacrifice a goat to depraved nature gods and then have a hearty celebration with some ‘mead’. Though this is a very misconceived generalization, every stereotype has a grain of truth to its credit. The Norse tale, Egil’s Saga, sheds light on the realities of Norse life-- affirming and disproving Viking stereotypes. Egil’s Saga reinforces the idea of a wide, warrior oriented culture. People seem to prize toughness, especially in battle, at the start Egil bragged about his accomplishments in the battlefield. Conversely, people seem to disregard weakness, even among elders-- very much in contrast to other theologies like Confucian principles-- when an aged Egil fell...
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...1. Vikings believed in many gods (and goddesses). They were all similar to humans but were of great importance. They all had different features and different flaws. The gods of the north, or Norse gods, looked like ordinary people. They had many similarities with people. They had powers and weren’t eternal but they lived for a very long time. They lived in a place called Asgard which was located in the sky in which they lived in palaces made of silver and gold. Odin (king of gods) lived in Valhalla were warriors killed in war went. Some days of the week were named after gods. All the myths about the gods were passed down through stories and children. The Vikings worshiped their gods outside in nature, they picked natural landmarks (like waterfalls or rare trees)....
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...In the middle of the ninth century, Northern Europe was invaded by Viking warriors from Scandinavia known as the Normans or “Northmen”. The Normans attack was devastating, as they stole and robbed across the northern European seas, targeting isolated but wealthy monasteries. Their invasions affected greatly the former empire, causing nobility, commoners, and peasants to attach themselves to anyone who might provide military protection. By the tenth century, they had invaded, explored, and settled territories from North America. In France, they surrounded Paris in 845 and gained control of the lower Seine Valley. In 915, the Frankish King Charles III was forced to grant the Norse leader Rolf, or Rollo, permanent control of the region becoming the first Duke of Normandy. In 1066, the Normans invaded England, causing Northern France and England to become one country ruled by one King, William I. This invasion is narrated in the Bayeux Tapestry where it shows the struggle for the throne of England between William, the Duke...
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...Wikipedia’s growing popularity leaves society to question its reliability in many aspects including accuracy of information, susceptibility to exclude false or biased information, and quality of writing. The best way to analyze is to look at a specific Wikipedia page and diagnose it. For historic purposes, the Wikipedia page “Viking expansion” provides information on the Norse, mainly known as Vikings. Rather than evaluating this page on the Norse expansion and settlement throughout the world, looking at the specific Norse activity in the British Isles will be more effective. This page describes the invasions that the Norse people from Scandinavia done throughout the years in the British Isles, including the reasons and rulers. It also provides background of the British Isles including which languages and religions were used or practiced in a certain area. From there, like the background information, the events of expansion are listed on the page in chorological order starting in 793CE; each listing how the invasion happened, who was ruling at a particular time, and battles. The end of the page gives a brief acknowledgement of written records and archaeological evidence. At first glance this specific Wikipedia page looks excellent, but looking deeper into the pages strengths and weaknesses made its reliability fragile. Wikipedia has policies that state articles are to contain no original research, a neutral point of view, and that all of their information must be verifiable...
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