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    The Viking Age

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    Essay 2 The Viking Age Before gaining a clearer understanding of the term: Viking‚ the first impression that may came to mind‚ could be a plethora of simplified notions. Mine was: “Seafaring Barbarians”. My interpretation of the Vikings was that of a nautical savage people who were characterized as more violent‚ and intolerant than any other people of their time‚ wanting nothing more than to wreak havoc on an otherwise civilized world. I wasn’t even completely sure where they exactly came

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    Pat Summitt

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    They’ve called Pat Summitt a ground breaker‚ a legend‚ an inspiration and the “Wizard of Knoxville‚” a nod to UCLA’s John Wooden‚ who may be the only college basketball coach who can compare. She’s recorded more than 1‚000 victories at Tennessee in women’s basketball‚ eight national titles‚ two Olympic medals (silver as a U.S. player in 1976 and gold as Team USA women’s head coach in 1984) and enough memories for multiple lifetimes. Only here comes the saddest news of all‚ Pat Summitt‚ at just

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    The Viking Attacks

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    In 844 AD a Viking fleet attacked Nantes‚ Toulouse‚ Gijon‚ Lisbon and Seville‚ where they were defeated by the Moors and forced to retreat back to Aquitaine . The attacks on Paris began in 848 AD‚ where the city was looted. Paris was once again attacked by the raiders three more times during the 860s‚ where the Vikings left exclusively after collecting enough riches from the city or bribes from the authorities. These series of attacks led the French leaders to fortify the city and build wooden bridges

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    The Vikings Decline

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    What factors led to the decline of the Viking Empire? The decline of the Viking Empire can be attributed to a number of factors. Christianity‚ disease‚ in-fighting and a new found degree of comfort and contentment with their lives in new settlements. My first factor of the Vikings decline I would like to bring up is Christianity. The Vikings were very quick to adapt to Christianity‚ as they believed in many gods so it was no problem to accept the Christian god along with their own. They came

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    Viking Marriage

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    Page 1 of 19 Courtship‚ Love and Marriage in Viking Scandinavia Part I -- Forward and Introduction Forward Some time ago‚ some friends of mine came to me and asked me to tell them how a Viking wedding was conducted. Although I write a column entitled"The Viking Answer Lady" for my local SCA newsletter‚ I hadn ’t a clue as to the answer. When I turned to the sagas‚ they didn ’t tell me‚ either. Thus began the start of a massive research project that has produced the work you are about to read. The

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    Vikings Essay

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    know about the Vikings‚ people usually answered back with several myths about Vikings. The images that usually comes up are filthy‚ unkempt‚ bearded men who love to destroys and pillages through the lands. Men and women who had blond hair‚ muscular‚ and tall; including they wore furry boots‚ furry armor‚ horn helmets‚ and love to drink out of their enemies’ skull. However‚ after being in a semester in Pagans‚ Barbarians‚ and Vikings; I have learned that is not the truth about Vikings. They were actually

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    Pat Summitt

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    Pat Summitt Richard Burt Patricia Head Summitt was born on June 14‚ 1952 in Henrietta‚ Tennessee‚ the daughter of Richard and Hazel Albright Head. She was the fourth of five children and the first girl. Known back home as ‘Tricia’ had a father‚ who truly believed in discipline‚ she didn’t mind being tough because its what she learned from her dad‚ but she also had a loving side‚ which she learned from

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    The Viking Raid

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    The Viking Raid One afternoon I was out working in my fields‚ the king Viking came to me and all my neighbors‚ to take us to go fight the other empires‚ and to take their land. So‚ while we were on our boats going to the other land‚ some of our people died because it took so long to get there and also of malaria. Only a few died so it didn’t matter much. We then realized that we needed weapons‚ so the first village we invaded was little so we could take it without any weapons. Then we stole their

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    Pat Tillman

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    East‚ Tillman was redeployed in Afghanistan. On April 22‚ 2004‚ Pat Tilman was killed in the line of duty. “Tillman died courageously while charging uphill to save his platoon from an ambush.” This report came from the pentagon‚ but was later revealed that the United States Army had embellished the story. The statement was fabricated to hide the truth behind his death. The real story unfolded after evidence determined that Pat Tillman was killed from friendly fire. This evidence undermined

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    Vikings in America

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    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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