Vikings

Actually vikings were from all of Scandinavia including Finland but only the southern part,and they werent controlled by Sweden that came way after

Most animals kept by people in Viking Age Scandinavia were working animals like today in rural areas and on farms. Vikings also kept animals as pets. www.vikinganswerlady.com

Of course. The Viking bloodline was never actually exterminated. Many of them settled (civilized) in parts of England before and after their final defeat by William duke of Normandy at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

Every job that existed in a medieval community - the vikings had the equivalent function. They are most known for seamanship, invading, plundering, pillaging etc. but that's only the glamorous side of their history. They also engaged in shipbuilding, farming, trading, carpentry, metal working, etc.

the jobs they had made them a good self-suffitiant community

if viking slaves had a kid they would become a slave aswell

They killed for resources, riches, and in the case of Viking Berserkers, for the fun of it. Scandinavia has very poor soil for agriculture and it was easier to kill someone for their food. Also, their religion praised warriors for gallantry in battle.

They were one of many peoples who accidentally or intentionally sailed to the new world. The Chinese did it too. People also walked across the ancient land bridge between Siberia and North America. History books are written by the victors. Non-Viking Europeans became the main settlers and decimated the native population, therefore, they wrote the histories that we are taught in school (i.e. Columbus "discovered" America).

Viking ships varyied in size, smaller ones may have carried only 20 or so.

The largest recorded was capable of carrying about 400 warriors.

because it was there.

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and because it was a repository of a significant amount of easily-transportable wealth, and not very well defended because attacking a house of God was unthinkable to the people who built it.

Runes are the Viking alphabet. A rune is a symbol that stands for a sound.

The runic alphabet was called the Futhark, and there were various versions of it. The original Elder Futhark had 24 runes. In Iceland, it was reduced down to 16-18, while the anglo-saxons expanded it up to 32 runes.

A google search of "Futhark" will show what they looked like.

The Futhark was called "Futhark" because of the first six runes. Fehu, Uruz, Thurisaz, Ansuz, Raido, Kenaz.

F-U-Th-A-R-K, just as the roman "alphabet" is called that because of the first two letters. Alpha-Beta.

In that the Vikings were met (and wiped out) by people, the 'Natives" who came from Asia, the Vikings were just the latest in a string of visitors starting in 12,000 BCE or so. There are also reports of Chinese voyages to the new world and Phoenician travelers.

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There are Irish legends of earlier travelers from Europe to America, but the earliest documented travel is of the Vikings. There is also some evidence that the Chinese may have visited what is now California many hundreds of years ago, but this is still disputed.

Of course, the FIRST humans to reach America were the early nomads who came from Asia about 50K years ago.

They Invaded other lands because they needed to establish their Viking names, and to gain new land, because their previous lands where getting over crowded.
The vikings only took lands because they were running out of land themselves and needed more crops, water, area, etc.
The Vikings wanted England for them self
The Vikings are looking for places to pillage. Other countries held much gold, silver and resources.
They were able to collect consumer goods--gold, cloth and other items from the people they raided. Returning raiders were given additional status due to their success. Others traveled seasonally to other areas to trade for animal skins and other items.

the counsel of 'Things' pronounced tings. the people were at the bottom of the hill as the law speaker spoke new laws created by 'Althing' only free men could attened.
probably monarchy

Pirates are criminals and thieves who lives on his ship in the ocean. they raid other ships, often killing the occupants in order to steal their ship.

A privateer is a pirate ordered by his government to raid ships during times of war.

Vikings on the other hand are Scandinavians who raided the coast of other countries for example monasteries on the coast of Ireland. They took their loot after battling the occupants and traded them then with others.

Although pirates and Vikings are both pagans the vikings actually believed that stealing was wrong however battling people for their loot was fair.

They believed there was nothing after death for most people and so the only thing that would live was their name as a great viking.

However those who broke oaths or stole would lead an afterlife of torment.

Pirates on the other hand could steal, kill, break oaths and it was just their way of life.

No, instead they sold monks as slaves to read and write for them. That's why some viking accounts are exaggerated, for the vikings forced monks to write things about them to make them sound fiercer than they really were. That's probably where the old legend of horns on viking hats came from!

The first ISLAND the vikings attacked was Lindisfarne

vikings were farmers so they could grow food to eat and to trade

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Iron head, with a seasoned ashwood shaft, generally 6-12 feet in length, with the shorter end being used in one hand in combination with a shield, and the longer with two hands, and the shield strapped to the shoulders to guard the back and side.

As a Viking kid, or child, you woke up and helped prepare a breakfast, such as porridge made using the grains that you grounded, goat's milk, and honey. With your porridge you most likely had a slice of dried corn bread and slated horse meat. You might have had a small drink of water or goat's milk. After breakfast you would scamper out to help your mother with the chores, such as mending the clothes, tending to the harvest and crops, making linens, and preparing lunch. Lunch was either dried pork, lamb or game, boiled in an iron pot with the carrots that you peeled, the peas, the wild onions that you unwrapped, the nettle, the herbs and the dandelion leaves that you and your siblings picked. You would once again have dried corn bread, but this time with chicken's eggs. As another side dish, you would share with the family the berries, nuts and acorns that you picked that morning during your chores, and as a drink there would be some apple tea. (Apple tea is apple slices and leaves soaked in hot or boiling water). You would most likely get your tea sweetened with honey, the honey that is in the bowl that you made yourself. After lunch you would once again tend to the animals of the house and den, the chickens, goats, etc. You would perhaps get some time to yourself, to talk to your friend or to play with your siblings, and then it would be time for dinner. Father would have come back from hunting, and so there would be sun-dried fish marinated in milk and boiled gruels, there would be cheese and dried apples, and also a choice of beer or mead. After dinner you would do the washing up, then wash yourself, and go to bed. You would then wake up the next day, to repeat the cycle. That is what Vikings did as kids.

There was no single viking language. The vikings were not a single culture. They were norweigians, swedes, swiss, danish, etc.

Tuesday (Tiu's Day)

Wednesday (Wotan's Day)

Thursday (Thor's Day)

Friday (Frigg's Day)

They basically tried to steal from us rape our women and all the same stuff they did in England only we managed to scare them away like we did.to the.romans

Thor the king of the gods

Vikings rarely made bread, eating mainly meat, dairy products, fruits and vegetables. What little bread that was made consisted usually of barley and another grain, such as rye or wheat. There were no ovens for baking, and small biscuit like flatbreads were baked on a hot stone or pan. The climate made growing grain difficult, and much of the grain that was raised was used in making ale.