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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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What did the vikings trade?

They traded honey, tin, wheat, wool, wood, iron, fur, leather, fish and walrus ivory. Everywhere they went the Vikings bought and sold slaves.

What were the vikings horns made out of?

Nothing, they didn't have horns on there helmets! The myth was inveted in Victorian times.

Why were monasteries good places to raid to the vikings?

The monks weren't used to fighting, and the monasteries often had valuables like silver and gold.

Why do vikings travel around the word?

The Vikings were a wild bunch of people, loved fighting and invading other lands and castles, and were good sailors. The question should, of course, have said 'did' not 'do', since the Vikings haven't been around for many centuries. They travelled far, though not completely around the world, because there was little land in the Norweigian fjords for agriculture, thus they had to find land for settlements elsewhere. One of the Viking descendents in France became William the Conqueror (1066 and all that).

What viking tribe from whom Russia got its name?

The Rus tribe lived in what is now Russia long before the Vikings began their activities,, and they spoke a language completely unrelated to the Scandinavian languages of the Vikings.

What danger does viking pose to a village?

Vikings steal girls, goods, and polluted towns.

What place names were given to the north American coastline by the vikings?

North American was named vineland by the vikings because of how much grapes that grew there.

What was a viking battle axe used for?

Only cutting in meat, bones and other bodily material and fluids. Never! Never cut in wood!

The real viking battle axe is only 5 mm. thick in the midle of the blade. The whole head weights only aprox. 1 pound !

Could you spell Leo in viking language?

Vikings used their old alfabet, the most well-known probably the futhark. Letters and sounds not quite like today, so it's a hard question to answer.

What cause the vikings to go to war?

Their food supply dropped to minimum

Where did vikings intermarry with slavs?

A previous answer is inappropriate, it reflects a complete luck of knowledge in evolution and genetics, and history,

people who live in north regions are usually light haired, with fair skin, it is s a result of adaptation to environment, among them are Swedes, Finns, Russians, and others in far north,

if you go more south people are more darker, among them south Russians, Germans, or Italians, etc, it depends for how long their ancestors resided in north climate,

Russians in north are not blond because they got it from Vikings, they were blond before they mixed with Vikings, usually dark skin and dark hair is more dominant, so if fair Vikings mixed with dark Russians, it would be more probable that they offspring became darker than original Vikings,

In Germany you have blond Germans, and dark hair Germans, like Hitler for example.

There are no ethnically pure nations, Russians did mix with Vikings, and many other nations. Consult history books about the beginnings of first Russians states, like Kievan Rus.

What kind of landforms did the Vikings setttle on?

Mostly islands. Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands.

From which country did the Vikings originally come?

Vikings come from Denmark, Sweden and Norway settling onto the other North Europe countries such as Iceland, Faroy, Finland and Greenland.

How old is ABBA from asterix and the vikings?

Her age isn't given, but she gets married at the end of the film, so she's probably a young adult.

When was Normandy settled?

The Viking leader Rollo, or Robert of Normandy, was given Normandy as a fief by Charles the Simple in 911. After that, the descendants of the Vikings who settled there were called Normans, and it was from them that Normandy got its name. Within a couple generations, they had taken on the habits and language of the French among whom they lived.

When did the vikings come to Waterford?

Early in the 10th century. The city was founded in 914AD.

Give me history of shipping in brief?

Someone once saw a piece of wood floating.

They carved out a dugout canoe - and used it to carry things from one side of a river to the other..... and bang, that was shipping. .... after that the rest just happened!

Leif Erison have a boy or a girl as a kids?

He had one son, named Thorkell Leifsson.

Write a speech on Vikings?

The term Viking (from Old Norse víkingr) is customarily used to refer to the Norse (Scandinavian) explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided, traded, explored and settled in wide areas of Europe and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th century.

How did the vikings survive long winters?

They stored food under the snow, they had alot of water. they didn't do so much outside stuffs other than skating on ice and skiing. So they played alot of card games and stuffs like that.