answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

They were very good ship builders. They designed their ships so that they could go fa inland and in shallow waters without getting stuck, this is because their boats were light weight

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What skills allowed the vikings to conduct raids in locations far from their homeland?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What was the vikings homeland in Scandinavia like?

cold


Why is the viking homeland important to the vikings?

That should be 'was important', since there haven't been any vikings around for nearly one thousand years.


Why did the vikings travel from their homeland and where did they go?

They wanted to steal, plunder and raid other countries


What were the ships called that the Vikings used to venture out from their homeland beginning in the late A.D. 700s?

Longboats or Longships.


Where can you buy Vikings season tickets for 2011?

Vikings season tickets are easily purchased through the Vikings team website. Other online locations include Ticketmaster, Stubhub, and ticketliquidator.


Where might one purchase tickets to a Vikings game?

One can purchase tickets to a Vikings game from a variety of locations. One can get one direct from the box office of the Minnesota Vikings, or sites such as Ticketmaster.


Where was the vikings territory?

The Vikings original homeland was in Scandanavia. However their logn-term conquests included large parts of Britain, France, Sicily, and Russia as well as settlements in Greenland and Iceland..


When did the vikings leave their homeland?

The Vikings never exactly left their homeland, just as the Romans never left theirs. They conquered and settler other places, such as England and Ireland, and founded many cities including Dublin. But they never left the Scandinavian countries.


What did the vikings do there?

Raped, raided, pillaged, conquered, traded, explored, settled - they were the Jack of all trades... Use your imagination, what would you do if your homeland was overpopulated and frozen?


How do you use the word merciless in a sentence?

The Vikings were merciless in their plunder and murder of captured colonies, because if people were allowed to survive, then the Vikings could not rule in peace.


What geographic features allowed vikings to invade inland areas?

Rivers deep enough for their longboats to sail.


Why was Erik the red's discoveries important?

Because it allowed the Vikings to establish settlements in Greenland.