Vikings

well, it got esier near the end because they knew what they were doing so it was rufly a year and two thirds

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They fought.

Mostly meat. Lamb, pork, fish and vegetables and berries (That survived the harsh winters) that grew where they lived.

There's a link to a pretty nice document with a bunch of recipes that are pretty Viking-ish in the related links below.

For war, thick leather, armour, helmets WITHOUT horns, with a slit for the eyes. They also wore cotton tunics dyed with berries, wearing their hair in long plaits.

I am not the greatest authority at this so sorry.

Yes in 1010 vikings warned Greeks in Crete to surrender.Since the answer was no the Vikings decided to hit the Cretians.However Byzantine ships arrived from Constantinopole to help.As the Greeks were defending the island inthe south,the ships hit the enemies from the north.After their big defeat,the Nordic men were just around 1000-1300 left alone in the Aegean Sea far from Italy [where the Vikings last populations were].Their last desission was to attack Pelopomesse where they lost again.That happened because they were a few without big powers anymore.They finally decided to live in South Euboea untill they lose their decline [They were planning to attack again in a hundrent years].However years passed quickly and in around 1440 the last surviving population died in Cape Kafireas because of the plague that had just spread up in Europe.

People worship gods for many reasons, perhaps originally because this gave them some control over their lives. They could call on their gods to ensure a good crop, a victory in war, help in a crisis or any other worthwhile purpose. Some people continue to worship the gods of their parents because they have never stopped to really consider whether there really are any gods. Those who enquire may come to the realisation that there is no god, but religion also provides some people with comfort and a sense of purpose. There is diversity in religion because there is no objective proof that one religion and its God or gods are more true than another.

To start with they were polytheistic, but they all gradually converted to Catholicism by the 8th century, although residual pagan folk practices are recorded as late as the tenth century.

well... i´ve heard a tale about one of them... he could jump as much backwards that he could do forwards, in battle, whatever he wanted to hit, he hit it, and with whatever weapon he had, so i guess they where both clever and strong.

Sailing.

it would be made of wood, bark or straw or something else. it depends on what material they have.

It depends on what you mean by "civilized": if you mean was there a thing, anthropologically or socially speaking, as "Viking civilization" (advanced culture, art, literature, technology, religion, etc.), then clearly yes--and visit to any of the many Viking museums in Scandinavia or reading of the Old Norse Sagas should make it clear that the Vikings had a civilization in this sense. At its greatest extent, Viking civilization stretched from the Black Sea to North America, surrounding nearly the entire Baltic Sea and penetrating deep into England, and included towns and cities such as Aarhus, Kaupang, Jorvik (now known as York).

If you mean were the Vikings polite and refined, then sort of: they had rules for proper social behavior, etiquette, and honor within their own society, but they were also perceived as brutal and terrible warriors by outsiders.

they were the best boat-builders and steel-producers so yes i guess they were

It allowed them to travel long distances faster than others on the time. wich allowed them to sail to distant countrys to raid or trade with the villagers there. Some info: Vikings were the best boat builders during this time. vikings also produced the best steel in the world.

There are a large number of Old Norse words which came into the English language, forming alongside Old English and in some cases supplanting OE words. The north of England and Scotland had a larger proportion of Viking descendants, so the northern OE dialects contained more Norse words. Some are: sky, shirt, skirt, awe, berserk, egg, guest, husband, knife, knot, litmus, oaf, plough, root, scarf, steak, ugly, weak. Shirt and skirt originate from the same word- skirt came to mean a "long shirt" and eventually an item of feminine attire.

captain under pants the 3rd

maybe valkaree [dont no who he is someome one told mee] [cant remember who told me eeether]

History professor Torgrim Titlestad from the University of Stavanger was interested by the study's findings, and said that the first Vikings established their political system in Wirral.

"It is first and foremost York that Norwegians associate with Vikings and England, but Wirral also has an exciting Viking past," said Titlestad from Wirral. Titlestad is in England for the presentation of the study, and is about to release a book in English called Viking Norway.

Harding said that the first Vikings came to Wirral in 902, and were Norwegians that had lived for a few years in Dublin.

"They did not conquer Wirral, but were largely peaceful people who needed a place to live. I had heard a bit at school that Norwegian Vikings had lived in Wirral, but until I got interested in the subject as an adult I had no idea that there had existed a Norwegian Viking state in Wirral," Harding said.

Well for starters the word "Viking" means for one to go raiding(to go viking). The bad reputation given to the Danes, Norwegians and Swedes "Viking" activity was do to the shear speed and brutality of there attacks killing indiscriminately taking everything they could fit on a boat then racing off. The "Vikings" were also pagans and all pagans were seen as heathens to Christendom. The Danes and Norwegians early on mostly attacked Christian sites in places such as France, Ireland, Germany and Island of Britain. They would later come back to settle and in the case of England and France becomes rulers, in Ireland they founded the first cities. The Swedes on the other hand mostly attacked in the east in places such as Finland, the Baltic states, Russia and the Byzantine Empire.

vikings often played games now known as; 'nine man's warriors', 'backgammon', 'chess' or 'fox and geese'.
Another game that was then quite popular was hnaflafl, but this game is only known by very few people today and there is no direct translation for today.

the vikings lived in scandinavia, in what is now Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark

The most important Viking town in England was York, which had the Viking name, Jorvic. It was captured in 865 by Ivar the Boneless and his brothers, leading The Great Heathen Army. At that time England was a collection of small kingdoms who were unable to stand against the Vikings. They remained in York for some years till they were driven out by the English king Alfred of Wessex.

Monasteries weren't well protected because they were inhabited by weaponless, defenseless monks. Also, monks were the only literate people in that time and hand copied books. Books and writings were very valuable and extremely expensive, so they were often raided. There were also several goods like gold cups and dishes that you would find of worth in a church.

im not going as the viking who discoverded greenland

Norwegian, Swedish, Danish.