Vikings

Viking long ships could be used for stealth raids because of their thinness and fastness and were Generally used to cut/power on through the ocean. The long ships also had a flexible hull, to bend with the action of the waves and another characteristic of the hull helped it 'cut' through the water (as i've said before).

Trade ships were wider than the long ships and had longer sides. They also contained a few oars and obviously, because of the name, they were used to trade so they usually had livestock and other things on board.

well the vikings thought the peolple they had to fight they lost most of them especciall the one with hassan

L'anse aux Meadoux on the northern tip of Newfoundland, Canada is often credited as one of the most beautiful and complete Viking settlements which still exist today. From this site, among others, Vikings have left us with beautiful jewelry, excellent boat design and construction and techniques in weapon crafting.

Where vikings came from plants couldn't grow all year round, so food had to be harvested, preserved and then rationed to take them through the winter until things started growing again in the spring/summer.

Vikings were Norse. Their religion is Asatru. As of my knowledge, four Gods in Asatru: Odin, Thor, Tyr and Freya. Freya is a Goddess.

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The above is partially right. Their religion is what now a days is called Asatru, or Norse Reconstructionism. Of course its been slightly adapted to fit modern day society, but still works just fine.

There were MANY Gods and Goddesses, but for the most part, the common way of showing honor to the Gods was through blot, or sacrifice. Offerings would be made in a ritual setting, this usually concluded partying. Sacrifices were usually made in the form of a live pig, which would then be slaughtered, boiled into a stew, and eaten by everyone. The bones and whatnot would be burned. Offerings also included mead and wine.

Scandinavia, now known as Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.Then it was Greenland and iceland.

The quieter games included many that were played on boards much like today's chess and checkers. The names and rules for the games are generally been lost, but we know that some were like Steeplechase or Snakes and Ladders which involved moving peices against dice throws. These games probably involved gambling and this activity was prohibited in such references as the medieval Icelandic lawbook Grágás (K 233) prohibited gambling on dice games or board games. One board game, which we know the name of was Hnefatafl that was somewhat like chess. It used 12 red "pawns", 12 white "pawns"; one "king"; and one die. Another game was Shatranj, an early form of chess which may have been borrowed from visits to Constantinople. Chapter 12 of Króka-Refs saga says that Bárðr brought gifts with him from Greenland when he visited the king of Norway. One gift was an ivory board game which was was both a hneftafl (for the Viking board game) and skáktafl (for chess). Perhaps it was laid out for a chess-like game on one side and for hnefatafl on the other.

Competition games for indoors also included eating and drinking games. Drinking to excess appears to have been routine at feasts and other celebrations. Pairs of men trading drinks and verbally sparring. With each drink, the participants were expected to compose and recite a verse of poetry, boosting their own reputation (with boasts of courageous and manly behavior) and disparaging their opponents (with taunts of cowardly or womanly behavior). As with many Viking competitions as the drinking progressed, the intensity of the ridicule, boasts, and taunts increased the drinkers became less and less inhibited and the verbal taunts became physical battlses between the men or groups. Thor and the giants apparently played this game with Loki being bested by "Fire" who ate both the meal and the woodedn plates.

Another game played in the longhouse after the evening meal was Hnútukast. This involved players throwing bones (left over from the meal) at other players with the intent of causing an injury or death (Hence the term "million laughs" VIking sports). In the Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss describes the game as it was played in a cave filled with people, along with monsters and ogres. Kolbjörn asked Þórdður what he would like to do for amusement after the meal, glíma (wrestling) or hnútukast? Glámur answers by taking up a large bone and threw it at Þórður. Gestur grabs the bone out of the air and returnsit to Glámur, hitting his eye blinding him. In Hrólfs saga kraka the men of King Hrólfr played the game. One of the men threw a bone at Böðvarr, who caught it and returned it so that it hit the man in the head, causing his death.

The sagas mention other sporting games (leikar). These include ball games, skin throwing games, scraper games, wrestling, swimming, and horse fights. The games might last for days. Serious injury or death was not uncommon. A man was allowed to leave a game at any time he pleases, making him responsible for any unintentional injuries he may suffer to himself.

In Beowulf the idea of swimming as a competition was discussed. The goal was to see who could hold his opponent underwater the longest.

Knattleikr was played with a hard ball and a bat. The rules and the object of the game, the nature of the equipment and the playing field are all unknown. The sagas suggest the game was widely played and enjoyed. It appears to have been a full contact sport, in which people were physically held back and tackled while the ball was in play. It is thought that player caught the ball and ran with it while opposing players chased him and some sort of mayhem ensured. Players are reported to have broken their bats and many were knocked out by thrown balls and the bats. Players are reported to have been killed by other players with axes.

Wrestling and grappling was also common both as a game and as a rest of strength. These matches took place both indoors and out of doors. Broken bones andn spines were not uncommon. Some matches were actually duels where death was a desirable outcome, and outdoor fields often contained he wrestling field contained a fanghella, a flat stone set on end, on which an opponent's back could be broken. Equipment for wrestling included the wrestling jacket (fangastakkur) that helped protect wrestlers from broken bones.

Weight lifting was another game or competition. The man who could lift the heaviest boulder was the winner.

Another competition based on individual strength was toga hönk (tug-of-war). Details of the game are skimpy but it is thought that two men sat on the floor or the ground, knees bent, with the soles of their feet pressed flat on the soles of their opponents feet. They pulled on a loop of rope, which may have been marked in the middle with a tag, or with a bit of rope. By pulling on the loop with the arms and straightening the legs, it is possible to pull an opponent over, thus winning the game.

He paid for his own trips.
No one. He supplied his own ship and supplies.

He led a group of Vikings, who became the first Europeans to land in North America.

Yes, of course! The language was Old Norse (Dǫnsk tunga).

The vikings had several areas of afterlife. The most commonly known one was Valhalla, which is where one went if he honored Odin and was killed in battle. Helheim was the place where most people would go, which was a just simply a place of peace and rest. If you died at sea, you would go to Aegir's and Ran's Hall under the waves. The truly wicked dishonorable oathbreakers would go to Niflheim, to be chewed upon by the dragon Nidhogg.

The first team song, from 1961-1966, was; From out of the north come the Vikings, Roar you Vikings, roar!

North America, the east coast of Canada.

The Vikings were not invented. They were a race of people. If you are referring to the word Viking, there is already an answered question pertaining to that.

The Vikings settled there. The location has been found by archaeologists. It is in Newfoundland, Canada.

cause they felt like it =)

Vikings made it into North America, Northern Europe, and western Asia (founding modern Russia). They may have gone into North Africa. They apparently did not journey to South America, Australia, or Antarctica.

My Norwegian hubby says it is loosely translated as "to go on a journey"....this makes perfect sense since we ALL know the Vikings actually discovered America as they were in their longships exploring the world. :)

The Vikings first raided an English abbey, Lindisfarne in 793. In 865, the Great Heathen Army attacked East Anglia (England). After that invasion failed, they attacked England once again in 1066, but were defeated at the battle of Stamford Bridge. The vikings attack England again during the Reign of Canute the Great Again in 1066, the Normans invaded and conquered England. The Vikings could not defeat Paris but the King was so impressed that he gave me land and soon raped them.

By traveling in Longships from Scandinavia across the North Sea.

The Vikings used several types of ship:

Knarr (transport ships for Atlantic voyages)

Karve (similar to Knarr but with shallower keel and ideal for sailing along coastlines)

Faering (open boat with two sets of oars)

Long ship (used for commerce, exploration and warfare)

The Scandinavian region was Christianized by a talented and aggressive group of missionaries over a period of 400 years, beginning in the 8th century. Archaeological studies show that the conversion process was slow and gradual, and that many local traditions were incorporated into early Scadinavian Christianity. This approach was aided by the lack of absolute central authority from Rome that characterized later Christian dogma when the Papacy became as much political force as religious institution. Also, some Scandinavian regions were Christianized by their rulers, as a political advantage in dealing with their neighboring Christian counterparts in Normandy, France and Germany.

Based on recreations of the viking ships, it has been found that the ships could travel at an average speed of eight knots. If the vikings sailed directly to England under good weather conditions, they could make the trip within three days.

yes the vikings did bury their dead. they buried them with the stuff they needed for the afterlife. some were buried and some were cremated. the ones that chose to get buried their the ones who got buried with treasure they needed in the afterlife.