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Vikings. Haley/Mrs. Waterbury January 9, 2007. Vikings: How They Lived and What They Did!. Vikings on Raids Warfare (Battle Styles) Runes/Religion Clothing/Armor Viking Ships Quests!. Vikings On Raids. Vikings were fierce and violent. They used spears, swords and battle axes.
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Vikings Haley/Mrs. Waterbury January 9, 2007
Vikings:How They Lived and What They Did! • Vikings on Raids • Warfare (Battle Styles) • Runes/Religion • Clothing/Armor • Viking Ships • Quests!
Vikings On Raids • Vikings were fierce and violent. • They used spears, swords and battle axes. • Arrows and lances were useful too. • The weapons were made of metal. • The dragon or serpent figure head identified them as Vikings.
Warfare • Vikings were very fierce and good at sea battles rather than land. • Although very good at sea battles they were good at land battles too.
Runes/Religion • Runes were kind of like the Vikings alphabet • Runes were said to be created by the chief of Norse Gods, Odin, when he tried to get wisdom by spearing himself to a tree. • He got the wisdom and spread it to his people. • After that the Vikings believed that runes were gifts for Odin and treated them with great respect.
Helmets • Vikingsdidn’t wear horns on their helmet. • Vikings had different types of helmets depending on the type of Viking. • Norsemen had a a long metal attachment that went down over their nose called a nose-guard. • Vikings didn’t bury their helmet they passed it down for the generations to come.
Viking Ships • The longship was very long. It was also the first ship made by the Vikings that was found by scientists. • There was another style ship called the knorr, and it was a more rounded-style ship. • The knorr was related to the wreck. • The knorr and the wreck had very few oar- holes and were used for traveling close to home.
Viking Quest Click HERE to go on a quest with the Vikings!
Photo Collage Viking Knorr Viking Longship or Wreck
Sources • http://images.google.com/images?q=vikings&gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=en&start=20&sa=N&ndsp=20te • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/games/viking_quest/index.shtml • http://www.home.exetel.com.au/manxman/vikings/CoolPrintVikingShip.jpg • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/weapons_03.shtml • http://www.arealles.com/m15.jpg • http://www.wizardrealm.com/barbarians/vikings.html • http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/v_runes.htm • http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/manufacturing/pix/knorr_under_sail.jpg • http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/Viking_Boat.jpg