Kate Dwyer 8H‚ History : Mr Lawrence : Viking panel discussion: were the Vikings just brutal barbarians? Question 1: In your research‚ what have you discovered about your area of expertise in relation to the beliefs and values of the Vikings? In regards to my area of expertise‚ Viking home and work‚ the evidence suggests that the Vikings had specific beliefs and values. For example‚ they crafted their own homemade strong tools and stable long houses‚ as this helped them to live a better and safer
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The term Viking is generally applied to medieval Scandinavian culture as it prospered between the 8th-11th centuries CE. Viking art‚ also known as Norse art or the art of Scandinavia included the British Isles and Iceland. It has design elements in common with Celtic‚ Germanic‚ Romanesque and Eastern European art. Besides being known as plunderers‚ the Vikings were also excellent tradesmen and known for being traders along their coasts. They traded timber‚ amber‚ furs‚ and slaves with Byzantine
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The Vikings wanted riches and exotic items from other places in the world and this led to them voyaging and raiding. As the Vikings began traveling the: “Viking merchants were soon chasing these exotic products in trading emporia across northwestern Europe such as forested in Frisia and hamwic”(Hubbard). As trade routes began crossing through Scandinavia and Europe‚ goods from all over were being traded. The Vikings wanted these exotic riches and began raiding in order to obtain them. The need for
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Introduction Viking history tends to stretch over a period from the 8th century to the 11th century. Throughout this period the Vikings were known for their ruthless raids on foreign lands‚ most commonly recognized for the raid on Lindisfarne‚ where brutal Vikings boarded the island‚ killing monks and seizing what there was to find of worth. Not only are the Vikings know for their raids‚ they are also know for settlements in Britain‚ especially England. To this day there can be found traces leading
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Vikings were intriguing but ruthless. They were fierce warriors. They lived in Scandinavia‚ but they traveled a lot. They invaded villages in search of valuables‚ because their land could not support them. Most of the villages were defenseless‚ so the vikings could invade easier. They attacked for food‚ livestock‚ treasury‚ and land. After these invasions‚ anything that was left behind was burnt. These men‚ who were nicknamed Beserkers‚ were like raging mad men. At churches they had special
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Ibn Fadlan has become known as one of the world most important historians although he did not start out that way. In 921 he was chosen by the Caliph of Baghdad‚ to be part of the embassy to the King of the Bulgars. He chronicled the journey and all that he observed during his time there. He must have felt very important and very proud to have been chosen for such an important mission for his country. No one really remembers him for his mission. It is his journal that has kept him alive for history
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The Vikings were explorers who lived in the region that is now Denmark‚ Norway‚ and Sweden. They often set sail for distant lands. Although their feats took place more than 1‚000 years ago‚ the tales live on in legend. Stories tell of the sailors’ voyages to new lands and of their violent raids. Two views of the Vikings have emerged from these accounts. One view is of the Vikings as brutal warriors who led vicious attacks. The other view is of them as noble seafarers who embarked on journeys of exploration
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The Viking age was a period of four hundred years (700 to 1100 AD) and was either part of the late Iron Age or Early Medieval Time. Back then there were no countries or huge kingdoms. The Scandinavian Peninsula was divided into a bunch of smaller kingdoms or realms‚ each with its own king or chief. There are three types of vikings. Merchants- History does not have much to say about merchants‚ but we knew they were trading iron and fur and were not alone and unarmed. As a matter of fact‚ they probably
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The Scandinavian Vikings were said to be some of the most ruthless and savage people in the medieval times‚ but some say that they were nice people trying to make a living in hard times. In this time some vikings would steal from tribes and rape women‚ while some other vikings would explore and trade with other tribes and countries‚ they would trade things such as fur‚ goods‚ and crops. Some myths and legends say that vikings were known to have good hygiene and didn’t wear horns on their helmets
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present; there are still debates as to whether or not they actually came to the Americas before Columbus. Some believe that the evidence of the presence of the Nordics is more admissible than that of the West Africans. The Norse (also known as the Vikings) got their name from the language they spoke‚ ‘Old Norse’. They were originally from Scandinavian countries. It believed that they came to the new world for several reasons such as; the fact that it had a rich supply of salt to preserve their goods
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