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Were the Vikings the first to discover the Americas?. What does the evidence tell us?. Who were the Vikings?. A.D 800 – 11 th Century Sea-faring Scandinavians known as Vikings or Norsemen (“Northmen”) Viking culture defined by the rest of Europe primarily as non-Christian
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Were the Vikings the first to discover the Americas? What does the evidence tell us?
Who were the Vikings? • A.D 800 – 11th Century • Sea-faring Scandinavians known as Vikings or Norsemen (“Northmen”) • Viking culture defined by the rest of Europe primarily as non-Christian • began by raiding the British Isles but ventured as far as modern day Russia, Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland
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L’Anse aux Meadows • UNESCO National Historic Site • An 1th Century Viking Settlement in the Great Northern Peninsula of the island of Newfoundland • The site contains 8 houses that are typical of Viking settlements in Norse Greenland and Iceland at the time • This settlement is discussed in the Vinland sagas.