Vikings Stadium

century to the 11th century, the Vikings, used their stronghold in the Scandinavian Peninsula, to exploit westward to Iceland and Greenland, even Canada, southward to mainland Western Europe and southwestward to Britain and Ireland. Tyranny and poor living conditions might be the main reasons for their invasions (Owen 1999 10). There were two invader sources, one was from Norway called ‘Norse’, the other was from Denmark called ‘Danelaw’. At the beginning of the Vikings’ expansion, piracy and trade were

on the American continent” (UNESCO). Figure 1: Map of the location of L'Anse aux Meadows (Wallace 2003:7) The first set of excavators were Dr. Helge Ingstad and his wife, Dr. Anne Stine Ingstad, who were in search for archeological evidence of Vikings in North America in 1960 — ranging from the New England area and upwards into Canada. The second set of excavators was Bengt Schoenbak and Birgitta Wallace — the time for the second excavation is unclear. Schoenbak and Wallace were able to find out

The Vikings lived in Northern Europe during the Middles Ages. They settled on Scandinan land. The Vikings were very important in Northern Europe in Middle Ages, even in ViKings Age from 800 CE to 1066 CE. The Vikings were important in the Middle Ages. The warriors disrupted a lot of European countries. Europe benefited the attacks because it helped spead of tech. , trading and settling. Vikings were explorers and conquered lots of settlements throughout Europe. Vikings stated from the time

The Vikings were a Germanic people who were known for how they executed their raids and the discovery of new territories. They raided, colonized, and traded in the conquered areas and had a thirst for new waters and a hunger for land. Because of this hunger, the most impact they had on western civilization was as discoverers and settlers of the New World. They discovered and settled in Iceland, Greenland, and North America. Each of these was impacted in some way or another by the Vikings. In the

had to choose just one, I would pick the Viking Age. This period of time interests me for many different reasons including the way they lived and even their religion. This age lasted from the late eighth century to the late eleventh century. When thinking about Vikings, the word ruthless and fierce may come to mind, but this isn't necessarily true.They were farmers and just wanted to make a living. Outside of raiding other towns and countries, the Vikings lived in an organized society. In their culture

discovered America the Vikings left their homelands leading to the discovery of a new world, but vanished before they could tell their story. Where did they come from? How did they get all the way here? Why did they vanish? Vikings came from three countries of scandinavia; Norway, Denmark, and Sweden. The term Vikings literally means ‘a pirate raid’, they get their name from a scandinavian language called “Old Norse”(BBC-primary history). People who go off raiding in ships were called vikings. Because of the

could be made . . . from the north there will come upon our nation retribution of blood.” Saint Alcuin of York to King Æthelred I, 793 CE Although not the first Viking raid in the British Isles, the surprise attack and pillaging of the sacred Christian monastery on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne in 793 CE marked the true arrival of the Viking Age in western Europe. Encountering little resistance, the armed Norse marauders sacked the undefended church, killed or captured the helpless monks, then sailed

My first topic I’ll talk about is war,warriors and weaponry of the vikings. The vikings were a society that would invade to get land and resources. They would go around in their longships and attempt to invade countries or states they felt they had a good chance against. Some countries they invaded were France, Spain, Netherlands, Greenland, Iceland, North America and Germany. When the vikings invaded parts of Great Britain they influenced Britain’s culture and society. This may have changed the

The beliefs and customs surrounding Norway all revolve around Norse Mythology. The legends and myths tell of battles of gods and giants in the cosmos, and the fated destruction of the worlds. From the beginning of the myths until today people are still telling the tales and passing down the stories. Ancient myths and legends from Norway such as the "Creation: the nine worlds" myth show their influence on beliefs and ways of life then and now. At the beginning of time, "In the morning of time there

The Vikings were explorers, warriors, and traders. They founded the Americas before Columbus came. Vikings had gigantic feast and celebrations. They were people from Scandinavia. Vikings influence every aspect of culture. They were important because of their geographical discoveries, trade and their economy, and strong religious beliefs. Their weapons played a great deal too. They founded new lands, conquered territory, and they had trade links. Their trade relations were significant. The Vikings