Vikings

Leifur Eiriksson landed came ashore in Newfoundland on 21 July in the year 1000.

Where the Norse (vikings) came from there was few natural resources. most food had to be farmed they raided to improve there lively hood.

lots of things but the main thing they did is rob monasterys

The vikings traveled toIreland in their famous ships.

Vikings had a range of different skills such as mining, smelting, prayer, building infrastructure and roads+buildings. BUT ESPECIALLY THEY WERE THE BEST AT COMBAT.

KILLING PEOPLE WAS THEIR THING

THEY DID IT SO THEY COULD STEAL THEIR BLING

AND AFTER ALL THIS WAS COMPLETE

THEY"D GO HOME AND ALL THEY"D DO WAS EAT

COZ THEY WERE FAT

HAD HEADS LIKE A CAT

AND WEIGHED 200 KILOGRAMS

Vikings didn't use horned helmets.

Late 8th century.

First of all, because the majority of scribes that left us tales about that era were monks. Churches and monasteries were a very popular target for Norman raids. To borrow a quote from US bank robber Willie Sutton: "Because that's where the money was". The clerical historians of the day may be excused to have taken a dim view of their Viking visitors, and they made no secret of it, describing Viking atrocities at length and in the shrillest of terms.

Viking raids were of course a part of Norman activities, but their impact on Europe went much farther than that: they settled large parts of today's Britain and Ireland, Normandy, France owes its name and population to them; William the Conqueror and his Norman nobles conquered Britain and established England as it in many ways still is today; the Vikings discovered and settled Iceland, Greenland and even - for a time - North America. They were responsible for booming trade all through Russia and the Byzantine Empire and ruled Sicily for a considerable time. The Vikings (or Normans) have left their mark on medieval Europe and its development like no other people.

Yes, they did.

Vikings did not have bathrooms or outhouses when they had to go to the bathroom. Vikings went outside to use the bathroom. There was not toilet paper either. Vikings would use leaves or a cloth.

They wore Jewellery because it was very fashionable in those days, and if you did wear them in the viking times, you would be part of a 'gang' or a 'team' anything really.. You would be cool and everyone would know you.... If you didn't wear it you would just be some sort of dull and dorky person.. But it was simply your choice... Because lots of people didn't wear it and what did they care!! Vikings jewellery was very pretty and glamorous in those days!! It also proved that you were rich..

They are simply decorations or possibly pictures of their Gods.

many viking ships had names given to them by their respective Jarls or ship-masters

as per viking culture they would typically have names that would be fearsome or notable

such as

silver-wolf

wave tamer

storm rider

wyrm breath

sometimes even the wood used in the building could be a defining feature

due to the colouring of the wood IE silver-wolf would be ideal for a ship that used a pale wood or wyrm breath for a ship that used a reddish wood

but their where no specific name categories for viking ships unless you look at famous viking which then it may give you their ship names

Because the lifespan of people living a long time ago was drastically shorter than it is today and also the female body is usually mature enough to bear children at the age of 13 at the latest.

The soccer ball was invented around 1681

The battle ax was one of the more fearsome of the Vikings weapons. It came in single bladed or double bladed and could be wielded with one or two hands. The Romans found ax could easily cut through their helmets and were forced to add a special iron strip (like a visor) across the front to protect their heads.

The Viking seax was not an ax, rather a heavy chopping sword.

Viking Longships ranged any where from 10 tons to 40 tons or more unloaded depending on the size of the ship and whether it was a Warship or a Cargo Ship as the Warships tended to be lighter than the heavier built Cargo Vessels.

On average, the typical viking ship was made out of wood from Ash, Elm, Pine and/or Larch trees. In addition to this, they used several other types of wood.

Experienced crew, food, water, some relatives.

Whoever commissioned the boat to be built . Quite often they were community property.

The Viking social structure was a clan or tribe type of structure, so the chief of the clan would decide, plan, and pay for the times they raided. All would share in the spoils of the raid, but the chief got the greatest part taken.

Leif the Lucky "discovered" North America around 1002AD. That lead to European Navigators knowing that there was land to the East, across the vast Atlantic Ocean and to Christopher Columbus "discovering" North America 500 years later.

Long hair and beards symbolized Strength, many of the poor farmers had shorter hair

Well you can see them as bad killing people for gold food and riches. However if you wanted a good life for yourself and family, would you do what they are doing, you have to be put in their shoes. They either starve or slowly die in the dirt, in the end it would be death or have a good life for their family. Which would you choose? Then we have to see it in the view of the victims, its life or death; Either the Vikings kill you or there are no Vikings. In the end there would be another invader ready to attack, to take the riches of the village, but most people saw the Vikings just burning down these villages for fun or a hobby. They would have taken food and gold, if they saw it mostly as a reward for their days work! Some view the Vikings as vicious, author's see them as people who wanted to survive.