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The Vikings were sponsored by Erik the red (Lief Ericksons dad)
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The vikings first raid was in 787 on a village in Britain.
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He was born on c.970 in Iceland,he was a Norwegian but was converted into Christianity
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Leif Ericson was a Viking explorer from Norway who is said to have found North America long before Christopher Columbus.
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They lived in very small houses but killed a lot of people from big houses.
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Different group of Vikings raided and trade in different place.But to the rest of the world,they were all Vikings.They spoke the language,worshiped the same gods,and followed the same pattern of riding and trading with countries before settling there. By about AD 1014 these group had stopped Viking(Travel or pirate raiding).They settled down and married local people.They were not any more.
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The Vikings were mainly farmers, fishermen and some were traders.
When the father of a Viking family died, it was the tradition for the eldest son to inherit and take over the family farm and the land. Since most Viking families had more than one son, there were a lot of men who had to choose between being a worker on their older brother's farm or leaving to find their own land and wealth. -
The Vikings lived in Norway,Denmark Sweden about 1200 years ago.Starting in about AD 780,the Vikings raided,traded and settled in more and more places in Europe,Iceland,Greenland and North America. In their language,Viking means “to Travel” and a pirate raid”.The vikings used long wooden ships called Knorrs.
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The Vikings attacked many countries along the North Sea and Atlantic Sea.They also sailed up the rivers of Germany.
They discovered or explored:
Iceland
Scotland
Greenland
United States Of America
Canada
France
Russia
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Vikings brought with them new settlers and had more interaction with the natives inhabitants.They also converted a lot of natives into christianity.They also just killed people and stole their gold.They kind of never said anything to the natives.
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It was likely the Vikings traded slaves they had captured in Russia. They also traded furs, skins and tusks from Greenland, in exchange for silk and spices from the Far East. Silver coins were used for payment during the Viking Age.Which the Viking used to trade with the natives
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There was no shelter on the ships used by the Vikings.Food was dry or salted meat or fish.It could be cooked only if the crew was able to land.They drank water, beer or sour milk.Due to rough sea they could not make voyages in the winter but waited until spring.They had to face a lot of hardships during their journey.
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The Viking used Swords Axes bows arrows fighting helmets made from Iron as their fighting weapons.
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The Vikings were not only raiders but very good.They found best organized states in Western Europe.They found many trade routes which enabled to increase trade within the countries and gave a great boost to the European Economy.They followed the barter system and traded with raw material like timber,fur,honey,dried fish and salt also through their trade and improved techniques they was great improvement in Europe.
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