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Vikings
Vikings were Scandinavian or Norse pirates, etchants, warriors and explorers who explored, traded, raided and settled in many areas of Europe and the North Atlantic from the 8th to 11th century.
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Norsemen. Scandinavians living in Norway, Finland, Sweden, and Denmark from 800-1300.
What happened after the vikings attacked Lindisfarne?
they killed them and ate there heads and pooed on there hands
Where and when did vikings originate?
Vikings originated in the late 1800 century. These are people such as Indians that were in Native Countries in certain parts of the world. They also aren't too popular.
What did the Vikings use instead of cuttlery?
I saw a documentary as a child in Tanzania East Africa in the late '50s - as part of Pre Movie Trailer - where they showed the Vikings travelling on a Viking ship and were served meat and potatoes - the knives they used to cut the meat were sharp and very pointed -alomst dagger like . The meat they were served was very hard
and the ships crew members got into an argument with the chef and one of crew members threw the knife at him with the pointed end alomost killing him. The Captian and the Chef then 'rounded off' all the knives and thus was born the knife we use now - although we have become more civilzed and are able to eat the hardest of all the meats with the steak knives and do not complian!
Whether information on that documentary ws true or not , but it tickled my fancy and have been telling this story to all ever since
Nasir J (Toronto Canada)
What did the vikings call magnets?
As a compass. They dangled the metallic stone from a string, knowing it would point north.
Did norwegians fight with the vikings?
Ethnicities are not static. This means that the idea of being "French" or "Chinese" is invented, not an eternal state of nature, and is often determined by localized and immediate factors. The ethnicities and nationalities of "Swedish" and "Norwegian" do not go back to the Viking period and are, in fact, a reaction to the end of the Viking Period when the Scandinavian peoples were finally able to settle into agrarian societies of their own.
Since there are no such things as Swedish and Norwegian Vikings, the question as written is impossible to answer. However, if the question is read to be asking about the relations between neighboring Viking Tribes, these would alternate with the differing needs of the tribes. If they needed to trade goods, they would maintain amicable relations, but if they wanted direct access to a certain piece of land or to avenge a personal grievance, they would attack each other quite violently.
How long did viking raids last?
A viking expedition could last for up to six months. They would start as soon as winter ended, and return before summer ended.
They would sail up and down the coast, trading at the trading centers, then occasionally sailing up river with their longships and raiding a relatively defenseless village or two, getting the spoils of war to trade with.
Who were the Vikings and where were they from?
vikings were from Norway, sweden and denmark. they were raiders, traders, settlers, fishermen, farmers and sailors vikings were from Norway, sweden and denmark. they were raiders, traders, settlers, fishermen, farmers and sailors
What was the diet of a viking?
the main diet of a viking is mainly fish because the mainly traveld in water.
The vikings in Iceland wrote in Icelandic or old norse. For example Snorri Sturluson Icelander that wrote Heimskringla among other works.
Vikings wrote using characters called runes which were phonetic. Where our characters are called alphabetical (after alpha and beta, the first two characters in Greek) theirs is called the futhark after the first six characters (th being a single character). There is a link below.
Did Vikings kill other Vikings?
Viking culture was both cultured and very brutal in some regards especially when it came to issues of honor, insult and "manliness". Vikings were used to fighting and were required by law to always go armed. A quick temper was an admired attribute. Going into psychotic killing rampages (berserk) was a common technique in battle. Heaven (an endless series of drunken feasts and battles to the death) could only be attained by death in battle. So yes they killed each other to resolve disputes, to settle scores, in drunken rages, and sometimes just because it felt "right".
They did have some rules though:
- If you killed someone, then it was up to you to pay the family fair compensation (weregild) for the labor lost by the members death.
- If the perpetrator refused to pay wergild, the family would force payment or set out on a feud to kill the murderer.
- Unacceptable killing included 'Unjust Killing' (while the victim was sleeping, or with their back turned). The killer still had to pay the weregild, but also lost trust, honor and standing in the community.
What was it like at the first Norse settlement in Greenland?
Pretty good. The climate was about 4 degrees Celcius warmer than today so they could keep livestock and even farm the land, to some degree. Fishing was essential, as was wood/timber from North America.
they ate many many many many many many carrots and ketchup
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.
The king that drove the vikings north of London?
King Alfred the Great of Wessex drove the Vikings north of London. They settled in the Danelaw.
Why do refugees leave their homeland?
Beacause of hunger && because of natural disasters Religious freedom, hunger, natural disasters, collapse of their society, wars, or things like in China where you are limited to one child or you have to pay a fine.
