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- Seafaring natives of the North Atlantic realm, the VIKINGS appeared about the time KING ARTHUR disappeared The VIKINGS were six (VI = 6) tribal kingdoms that were leftover to rule the North Atlantic realm after KING ARTHUR and are related to the ARMORICANS See ARMORICANS
- Seafaring peoples from Scandinavia who attacked Europe in the ninth century
- Scandinavian seafaring adventurers who, starting about 788, ravaged European coastlands for two centuries Operating from seaport bases they repeatedly raided the countryside before being gradually absorbed in the local populations They originally plundered and finally settled along the coastal areas of what are now Germany, the Netherlands, England, France, Eire, Spain, Portugal and along the western and northern shores of the Mediterranean as far east as northern Italy OG 135-36
- Seagoing Scandinavian raiders from Sweden, Denmark and Norway that disrupted coastal areas of western Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries (p 376)
- Scandinavian people, who dominated northern Europe from the 9th to 11th centuries They were known as great shipbuilders, fierce conquerors, and explorers
- These were the warlike raiders from Scandinavian who attacked and invaded parts of Europe in the 8th, 9th, and 10th centuries Although the Vikings were eventually assimilated into European civilization, the instability caused by their invasions helped contribute to the political breakdown in western Europe and the development of feudalism Some of the more famous Vikings included Erik the Red, who discovered Greenland, and his son Lief Erikson, who explored part of North America
- The word Viking has several meanings The most usual being a 'pirate', and as such it could be equally well applied to any sea-going raider, even a Saxon, Frankish or Frisian one!
- A culture originating in Scandinavia (now Norway, Denmark and Sweden) around the mid-8th century A D The Vikings were fierce conquerors, brave explorers, and skilled craftspeople; they invaded and settled countries throughout Western Europe They were the first Europeans to discover America (in about A D 1000), almost 500 years before Columbus
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- A barbarian character with helmets adorned with horns or wings
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- One of the Scandinavian seafaring warriors that raided (and then settled) the British Isles and other parts of Europe in the 8th to the 11th centuries
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- One of the Scandinavian seafaring warriors that raided (and then settled) the British Isles and other parts of Europe in the 8th to 11th centuries
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- The Vikings were men who sailed from Scandinavia and attacked villages in most parts of north-western Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries. a member of the group of Scandinavian people who sailed in ships to attack areas along the coasts of northern and western Europe from the 8th to 11th centuries (vikingr, perhaps from vik or from wic ). Either of two unmanned U.S. spacecraft launched by NASA in 1975. After nearly yearlong journeys, Vikings 1 and 2 entered orbits around Mars and released landers that touched down on the planet and relayed measurements of properties of its atmosphere and soil, as well as colour photographs of its surface. Experiments designed to detect evidence of living organisms provided no convincing evidence of life on the surface. The orbiters transmitted photographs of large expanses of the Martian surface. or Norseman Member of the Scandinavian seafaring warriors who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the 9th to the 11th century. Overpopulation at home, ease of conquest abroad, and their extraordinary capacity as shipbuilders and sailors inspired their adventures. In 865 Vikings conquered East Anglia, Northumbria, and much of Mercia. Wessex under Alfred the Great made a truce in 878 that led to Danish control of much of England. Alfred defeated fresh Viking armies (892-899), and his son continued his reconquest, recovering lands in Mercia and East Anglia by 924; Viking Northumbria fell in 954. Renewed raids in 980 brought England into the empire of Canute, and it remained as such until 1042, when native rule was restored.The Vikings permanently affected English social structure, dialect, and names. In the western seas, Vikings had settled in Iceland by 900, whence they traveled to Greenland and North America. They invaded Ireland in 795, establishing kingdoms at Dublin, Limerick, and Waterford. The Battle of Clontarf (1014) ended the threat of Scandinavian rule. France suffered periodic Viking raids but no domination. In Russia Vikings briefly dominated Novgorod, Kiev, and other centres, but they were quickly absorbed by the Slav population. As traders they made commercial treaties with the Byzantines (912, 945), and they served as mercenaries in Constantinople. Viking activity ended in the 11th century
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- 1883 G Stephens Bugge's Stud Northern Mythol Exam 15 *Wikingship began to be felt as an unbearable curse
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- A NASA space probe that gave us the first close look at Mars Viking was made up of an Orbiter and a Lander, which was sent down to Mars to study the Martian soil and atmosphere
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- One belonging to the pirate crews from among the Northmen, who plundered the coasts of Europe in the eighth, ninth, and tenth centuries
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- – Any of the Scandinavian sea rovers and raiders who ravaged the coasts of Europe from the 8th to 10th centuries
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- any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries
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- Víkingur - Scandinavian word used to describe the seafaring raiders from Norway, Sweden and Denmark who ravaged the coasts of Europe after 800 AD The etymology of the word is disputed; in use it signified "pirate " The noun víking means "pirate raid " The word is now used (incorrectly) to describe all the peoples of Scandinavia and their settlements
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- Any of the seafaring Scandinavian peoples who plundered the coasts of northern and western Europe from the eighth through the tenth centuries
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- Noun (Plural: Vikings) Members of an ancient Scandinavian race which invaded the northern part of England in the late first millennium
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- {i} one of the Scandinavian seagoing peoples that raided the northwestern European coast in the 8th-10th centuries
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