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This was not the first time Vikings invaded England, but it was significant as they attacked a place considered to be the most sacred and holy in Britain at the time.
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The first time they invaded Scotland. They also destroyed another holy island.
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The Vikings were some of the first, if not the first, to settle in Iceland, and it was also the first distant country they settled in.
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The start of the Viking attempt at taking over England.
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They settle in the country they discovered 9 years ago. Iceland is quite a distant country and is where a lot of Vikings ended up living.
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Alfred the Great halted the Viking conquest of England, and halted their streak of success.
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Vikings started to treat England like home, instead of just something they were trying to take over.
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Instead of trying to fight the Vikings, Alfred the Great tries to make peace by simply giving them half of his country.
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The vikings expansion continues. The mediterranean was also quite important for trade.
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Vikings start to take over even more of Britain
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Erik the Red was exiled from Iceland for 3 years for murder, and sailed west. He discovered Greenland, and called it Greenland so more people would move there. He managed to convince lots of Vikings to move to Greenland.
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Long before Christopher Columbus, Erik the Red’s son, Leif Eriksson, reached Newfoundland and Labrador in North America. Considering they only had ships, and if you go back far enough they originated in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, this is a long way to travel in only a few hundred years.
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The Vikings attempt to expand their empire, but instead are defeated and their King killed. This was the end of the Vikings.