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3 days ago · Today archaeologists know that ships, houses, weapons, clothing and many other things from long ago look very much like similar objects from the Viking Age. People primarily used bronze and gold when they needed metal. The Vikings also used iron. Shipping, trade, animals and farms, violence and looting, the construction of large burial mounds ...
3 days ago · Today, there are still 1,209 people who only understand Norwegian or who do not speak English well in the United States. In 2000 this figure was 215 for those under 17 years old, whereas it increased to 216 in 2005. For other age groups, the numbers went down. For those who are from 18 to 64 years old, went down from 915 in 2000 to 491 in 2005.
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5 days ago · Norway, country of northern Europe that occupies the western half of the Scandinavian peninsula. Nearly half of the inhabitants of the country live in the far south, in the region around Oslo, the capital. About two-thirds of Norway is mountainous, and off its much-indented coastline lie, carved by deep glacial fjords, some 50,000 islands.
2 days ago · Introducing Scandinavia: The Land of the Vikings. When we generally hear about or think of Scandinavia, we instinctively think of Nordic mythology and the rich history of the Vikings. However, it might surprise you that there’s a debate revolving around the differences that distinguish the Scandinavian and Nordic regions and the similarities ...
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2 days ago · The Slavs or Slavic people are a group of peoples who speak Slavic languages.Slavs are geographically distributed throughout the northern parts of Eurasia; they predominantly inhabit Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Southeastern Europe, though there is a large Slavic minority scattered across the Baltic states, Northern Asia, and Central Asia, and a substantial Slavic diaspora in the ...
2 days ago · Similarly, as in Scandinavian languages, subject-verb agreement is prevalent in contemporary English usage; for instance, “he runs” instead of “they run.” The Vikings were a Scandinavian seafaring people who raided, traded, and colonized many parts of Europe from the late 8th century to the 11th century (Page).
2 days ago · Even so, in a Knútsdrápa by the skald Óttarr svarti, there is a statement that Cnut was "of no great age" when he first went to war. It also mentions a battle identifiable with Sweyn Forkbeard's invasion of England and attack on the city of Norwich, in 1003–04, after the St. Brice's Day massacre of Danes by the English, in 1002. If Cnut ...
