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Viking Age 750 to 1400 CE

Viking Age 750 to 1400 CE. The Viking Age was a time of transition and upheaval in Scandinavia. Raids were conducted as a matter of survival, not out of a love of violence. The Vikings were fierce warriors. (But they never wore horned helmets!).

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Viking Age 750 to 1400 CE

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  1. Viking Age 750 to 1400 CE

  2. The Viking Age was a time of transition and upheaval in Scandinavia.

  3. Raids were conducted as a matter of survival, not out of a love of violence.

  4. The Vikings were fierce warriors.(But they never wore horned helmets!)

  5. The Vikings’ most notorious attack: Lindisfarne Monastery, England, 793Church centers and monasteries = major sources of wealth at this time

  6. Frightened monks likely exaggerated and dramatized events

  7. The Vikings were not just warriors. They were also master craftsmen, shrewd businessmen, and fearless explorers.

  8. Viking raiders returned home with foreign slaves, new materials, and revolutionary ideas.The Vikings’ activities stimulated political change in Europe and Russia.

  9. The Vikings explored North America 500 years before Columbus.

  10. Viking settlement in North America:L’Anse aux MeadowsNewfoundland, Canada

  11. Sagas =innovative literature that blended Viking oral poetry and storytelling with Christian and Irish written traditionsErik the Red - GreenlandLeif Eriksson - Vinland

  12. End of the Viking EraIt’s a bit of a mystery, but the end probably came as a result of tired Vikings who had become citizens of many places in Europe.

  13. Vikings’ greatest impacts:connecting peoples in distant places, finding new horizons, using new technology, and encouraging cultural diffusion

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