The Viking Age: Raiders, Traders, and Settlers

Culture 793 AD Medieval 🇳🇴 Norway 8,347 views

Between 793 and 1066 CE, Norse seafarers from Scandinavia transformed the political and cultural map of Europe, reaching from North America to Constantinople.

Who Were the Vikings?The term "Viking" refers to Scandinavian seafarers who burst onto the European scene in the late 8th century, though in their own language it described specifically those who went on raids (vikingr), not Scandinavians as a whole. The Norse peoples of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden ...

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