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Their longships were excellent vessels, equally capable of ocean voyaging and river penetration. With a draft of less than a meter, they could go miles and miles inland. Their first targets were soft ones like monasteries, but they sacked cities as they got bolder and eventually took over northern England, eastern Ireland, Normandy and Sicily.
Charlemagne was energetic. After his death the lords splintered off and had no coordinated response to the Vikings. Being pagan, the Vikings were a menace to the Catholic establishment, but eventually they became Catholic too.
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to divert the German army from the Russian front
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Is a serf a viking?
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Who did the vikings invade in western Europe?
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Should western Europe be considered a single region?
Western Europe is a single region, so yes.
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Who did the vikings trouble in the early middle ages?
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The Caspian sea is located between southeast Europe and western Asia. So you could say Europe and Asia.
What continent is Dublin in?
Dublin is the capital city of Republic of Ireland. Which lies off the western coast of continental Europe and so is situated in Europe.
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Did vikings have the black death?
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