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Viking expansion was the historical movement which led Norse explorers, traders and warriors, the latter known in modern scholarship as Vikings, to sail most of the North Atlantic, reaching south as far as North Africa and east as far as Russia, and through the Mediterranean as far as Constantinople and the Middle East, acting as looters ...
Norway. Sweden. v. t. e. The Viking Age (793–1066 CE) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonising, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America. [1] [2] [3] It followed the Migration Period and the Germanic Iron Age. [4]
Jan 13, 2022 · What is clear is that Viking expansion was only made possible by the Vikings’ legendary superiority in shipbuilding technology and their supreme navigation skills, which allowed them to travel further, faster and more surely than their contemporaries.
May 22, 2017 · Historians have theorized a number of factors contributing to the Viking expansion from the 8th to 11th centuries. Most historians place the onset of the Viking Age in the 8th century C.E. when Scandinavian pirates began to attack the coasts of western Europe, including the violent assaults on churches and monasteries that gave rise to the ...
Historians use the term the Viking Age to describe the turbulent expansion of the Scandinavian people into Europe and Russia. Beginning in A.D. 793 with the Lindisfarne raid, Norwegians, Swedes and Danes set to raiding. Any unprotected community was a target.
Nov 4, 2009 · By the mid-ninth century, Ireland, Scotland and England had become major targets for Viking settlement as well as raids. Vikings gained control of the Northern Isles of Scotland (Shetland and...
Introduction. The Viking Age approximately lasted from 790 to 1066 A.D. During this period, Vikings left their Scandinavian homelands and ranged far and wide in Western Europe. They expanded their influence through warfare and built settlements throughout Europe, Central Asia, and England.
