VIKINGS IN AMERICA? who am I? Voyage to a new land The Vikings loved their stories – “sagas” – good to fill in the time in those long‚ dark winters. For a long time historians have known of stories which appear to describe Vikings traveling to America‚ although not everyone was convinced it really happened. We are going to take a closer look at the evidence‚ and investigate this for ourselves. Let’s start with a primary source‚ an extract from one of those ancient sagas: We join Leif Eriksson
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Chapter1- When Old Worlds Collide: Contact‚ Conquest‚ Catastrophe I. Peoples in Motion A. The United States is a nation of immigrants B. Even Natives of the country are immigrants from different countries who roamed the land as a strange new world. C. From Beringia to the Americas 1. Beringia is a piece of land that was created because of the glaciers that captured all of the water causing a piece of land to form which was then called Beringia. 2. Berinigia had very tough
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HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE Old English 496-1050 Middle English 1050-1500 Modern English 1500 onwards OLD ENGLISH Old English literature encompasses literature written in Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon)‚ during the 600-year Anglo-Saxon period of England‚ from the mid-5th century to the Norman Conquest of 1066. These works include genres such as epic poetry‚ hagiography‚ sermons‚ Bible translations‚ legal works‚ chronicles‚ riddles‚ and others. In all there are about 400 surviving manuscripts from
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there was a possibility for upward mobility. Individuals in Norse society were not doomed to live out their days in a particular social status‚ but were free to move from class to class. There were three set social classes in Norse society. Most Norsemen belonged to the middle class known as karls. Karls were the landowners‚ the farmers; the smiths (blacksmiths‚ locksmiths‚ etc.)‚ etc (Haywood‚ 2000). The highest level in the social hierarchy was known as the jarls‚ or the nobility. These people
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Сomponent of the UK - Scotland. Geographical position. Caledonia – a Roman name of Scotland‚ Land of Cakes – a name given to Scotland which is famous for its oatmeal cakes‚ is a country in the north of Britain. Its total area is 78800 sq. km. Besides Scotland includes several islands: the Outer and Inner Hebrides (Western islands) ‚ the Orkneys‚ Shetlands. Scotland is bounded on the west and north by the Atlantic ocean‚ on the east by the North sea‚ on the south by England and the Irish sea
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begins to attack the Geats because a. A cup (golden challis) was stolen from its hoard b. Its son was killed c. God makes him punish the faithless Geats 9. This poem relates the adventures of the a. Anglos and the Saxons b. Celts and the Norsemen c. Danes and the Geats 10. Herot is the home – Mead Hall (party hall) built by a. Grendel b. Hrothgar c. Beowulf 11. Comitatus is a. The bond between king and warrior b. Christian charity c. Courage in battle 12. When we first meet
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University of Phoenix Material Multicultural Matrix and Analysis Worksheet Instructions: Part I: Select and identify six groups in the left-hand column. Complete the matrix. Part II: Write a summary. Part III: Format references consistent with APA guidelines. |Part I: Matrix |What is the group’s history in |What is the group’s population in|What are some attitudes and customs people of this group |What is something you admire about this group’s| |
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Contents: Introduction 2 1. History 3 2. Native words 4 3. Influence of other languages
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Indian on his second voyage. This was later solidified by Portuguese seamen who also told of African navigation to Columbus. On the other hand the Nordic Movement into pre- Columbian America was stimulated by the adventurous and nomadic nature of the Norsemen. The men hailed from Northern Britain‚ Scandinavia‚ Northern Germany and the Netherlands. They were also known as Northman which was interchangeable with the term ‘Viking’. This essay will assess the botanical‚ archaeological and oceanography evidence
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Zill Patel Ms. Scanlon British and World Literature 12/1/10 Cultural Significance in Beowulf and it’s Time Period 1) Beowulf had a significant amount of history revealed throughout the text allowing the reader to imagine the cultural life style back in the seventh through tenth centuries. a) BackgroundBefore the British lived in Britain‚ the Celts had settled in Britain. Around 55BC‚ The Romans deiced to begin and attack Britain. The invasion was successful around A.D. 43 when
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