Vikings established settlements in iceland and greenland around the 800-900s :d....<3
Iceland, Greenland.
Not Leif. His father Erik the Red was kicked out of Norway and Iceland.
Iceland.
800-840
Iceland
Iceland, Greenland, Vinland.
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Iceland, Greenland.
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The Vikings in Iceland were outcasts; those kicked out of Norway, or having left it because they did not fit in. Iceland had a representative government called the Althing instead of being ruled by a king. They also had alimony for a divorced wife. Perhaps they wanted to portray themselves as refugees eeking out survival in a harsh land, instead of living in paradise, so that invaders would not move in on them. Or......perhaps the currents have shifted since the days of the Vikings, causing a change in climate. Perhaps Iceland was really covered in ice then, Greenland was really green, and wild grapes really grew in Vinland.
In Middle school, I was taught that the Vikings found Iceland (aka America) in 1000 AD. This was 450 years before Christopher Columbus.