The Origins Of The Viking

Coming from Scandinavian countries, predominantly Denmark and Norway, the Vikings began raiding the British Isles in the late 700s (James). The Vikings primarily targeted monasteries, because that is where most of the wealth was concentrated (Loughrey). These raids were very violent, people were killed, and the survivors were sold into slavery (Loughrey). These violent raids earned the Vikings the reputation of barbarians, much like the Mongols a few centuries later in Asia. After some time, once the Vikings exhausted most of the wealth in the monasteries, they turned their interest into settling the British Isles (James). By the late 9th century the Vikings had conquered most of England (James). However, even though these Viking kingdoms did not last very long, the Scandinavians who resided there stayed. These Scandinavians would go on to change the British Isles in many ways. Despite the violent and negative impacts of Viking raids on the British Isles, once the Vikings settled down, they had a significant and positive peaceful impact on the British Isles culturally, politically, and economically.

The Vikings were Norse seafarers, who mainly spoke the Old Norse language. They raided and traded from their Northern European homelands across wide areas of northern, central and eastern Europe, during the 9th to 11th century. The Vikings originated from Scandinavia, and the beginning of the Vikings expansion often originates from the raid of the Lindisfarne Monetary on 8 June 793. The Vikings were the first Westerners to sail to Iceland, Greenland, and over to the New World. However, the story of the Vikings is also an important story for the development of the Christian world in the West. Throughout this essay, I will explain the importance of Viking religion, Viking trade, and how the Viking age had an impact on the way Western and

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1. Each prospective Queen must have a six month probationary period. During this probation, the prospective Queen is not permitted to date or participate in any sexual activity with a current Viking King.

The Norse people were a very complex group who were portrayed as savages and killers, but instead were an advanced group, skilled workers and very democratic and this can be seen through their gods, goddesses, and rituals. Could it be that the way that people describe a civilization for so long change the way that people see them? Throughout history the Norse people have been portrayed poorly while in reality they are not completely the way that they are described to be. Not only are they polytheism, believing in multiple gods, but they act very much like their gods.

Viking history and culture have been depicted in many movies, television series, and stories. Vikings are commonly known as barbarians that raid villages and intimidate others with huge ships with dragon heads, and horned helmets. This information is based on facts, but has been distorted and exaggerated over many years and tales. Viking history spans from the years 780 until 1100, which is the time span of the Viking raids. Not every Scandinavian was a Viking; Vikings were known as the men that conducted raids and bloody battles. The old definition of Viking was synonymous with the term pirate. The modern definition is relevant to the Scandinavian medieval culture, to include farming, crafting and trading.

Considerable difference and similarity can be observed in the records of the Vikings and the different peoples that they interacted with. This largely has to do with geography, as the landscape of Viking Age Norway, Denmark, and Sweden were divided and rugged; this lead to various groups of people vying for power. When a person or group lost a power struggle, they would often use the waterways of the North Sea to gain access to potential raiding lands. The seafaring technological advances of previous centuries enabled interaction between the raiders of Sweden, Norway and Denmark and the peoples of Ireland and the Carolingian Empire. Because of the technological advances and geographical situation, the Viking raiders were able to interact with many different peoples but also come from the same fundamental background. This caused a multitude of similarities between the Viking activity in the Carolingian Empire and Ireland, but there were also many differences.

Vikings,also known as Norseman or Northman, were members of the Scandinavian seafaring warriors who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the 9th to the 11th century. And whose disruptive influence profoundly affected European history. These Pagan Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish warriors were probably forced to undertake their raids by a combination of factors ranging from overpopulation at home to the relative helpless of victims abroad. The Vikings were made up of land owning chiefs and clan heads, their retainers, freeman, and young energetic members who sought adventure and treasures overseas.

The Vikings were brilliant; because of the way they run their society and the amount they have contributed to our modern society. Vikings are defined as

The Vikings were well-known for their creation which integrated metal works, woodcrafts, figurines, tusk, earthenware, crystal, as well as books. In Zemljanoe Gorodishche, there are many specimens of trinket, adornment, apparel, comb, recreation collections, sacred objects, stallion harnesses, armaments and objects with decay, which contain the legendary dragon head, a diminutive statue of a female, as well as two charms with mysterious engraving. Parallel discoveries happened at Jorvik which produced kitchenware, basins, recreational fragments, adornment also horn combs. Archaeological site of Viking Dublin consist of timber mixer, trowels, cords of tree twigs, barriers of thicket fences, blades of lumber, intertwining slabs of ivory, in addition

Vikings, people who were mainly from, Norway, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and Iceland. It is impossible to assign the various Viking groups at all precisely to places of origin. These were people who spoke in Old Norse language, and their Gods like Odin and Thor that they follow. Vikings raided from Scandinavia, one of their homelands across wide areas of Europe, as well as Russia, this all happened in the 8th to 11th centuries. This time era later became known as the Viking Age. This period of Norse military and expansion is an important element in the early medieval time.

The Vikings were a very large group of people from three different countries which were Norway, Sweden and Finland. A lot of people don’t know the simplest of things about the Vikings which are they were not all murderers and some didn’t even raid. So what were the things that people didn’t know about the Vikings?

Intelligence, knowledge, and the ability to be cunning are very important characteristic of the heroes in a lot of the myths and folktales of the Vikings and Celtic culture.

The third observation tells us that Mandarin is more prominent than Malay and Tamil. Out of all the signs and posters, more than half of them featured Mandarin as one of the language. This explains that the commercial area is mostly populated by the Chinese and the target audience is most likely the Chinese residents and consumers. The population of the Chinese has always been larger than the Malays and Indians. The 1957 population statistical report states that 75% of the population are Chinese, 13.6% Malays and 8.8% Indians. This is similar to the 2015 report which mentioned that there is 76.2% Chinese, 15% Malays and 7.4% Indians. These reports highlights that the Chinese population is overpowering than the other ethnic groups. Therefore,

During the Viking Era, expansion to the west, as well as the east, introduced a new wave of technology, industrialization and development, and culture to the European world. The Viking’s expeditions to both were quite similar in that advancements stemmed from their adventures east and west. However, expeditions from the eastern Vikings (Sweden) were heavily dependent on the usage and development of economic centers, specifically the Byzantine Empire, powerful and rich in culture, as well as Russia which housed quality materials as well as slaves. The Russian Primary Chronical is the most important source on the Russian world during that time. In it are descriptions of the Scandinavian relationship with the Russians from the 9th century. Unlike in the west, where the western Vikings (Norway) plundered and settled, the Vikings were always a minority of the population near the Baltic. The authors of the chronical assumed that they were the original inhabitants of the land, but in reality, they arrived relatively recently (SSN pg. 3). They came to trade, not necessarily to settle. The wealth and vast resources in the east are what drew the Vikings. Throughout this paper, I will present both the opportunities as well as the challenges faced by the Vikings during their quests to the East.