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The Viking Age is the period from 793 AD to 1066 AD in European History, especially Northern European and Scandinavian history, following the Germanic Iron Age. It is the period of history when Scandinavian Norsemen explored Europe by its oceans and rivers for trade and conquest. In this period, the Vikings also settled in present-day Faroe Islands, Scotland, Ireland, Iceland, Greenland, Newfoundland, Russia and Anatolia.

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  • The Viking Age is the period from 793 AD to 1066 AD in European History, especially Northern European and Scandinavian history, following the Germanic Iron Age. It is the period of history when Scandinavian Norsemen explored Europe by its oceans and rivers for trade and conquest. In this period, the Vikings also settled in present-day Faroe Islands, Scotland, Ireland, Iceland, Greenland, Newfoundland, Russia and Anatolia.
  • The Viking Age was a known period of 793 AD - 1066 AD in European History. It was most common in Northern European and Scandinavian history, it followed the Germanic Iron Age. It was the period of history when Scandinavian Norsemen explored Europe by the seas and rivers for trade, raids and conquests. Also similar to Barbarians; they also settled Norse Greenland, Newfoundland, and today, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Normandy, Scotland, England, Ukraine, Ireland, Russia, and Anatolia. The viking travelers/colonists were seen in many points during history as brutal barbaric raiders. There are also documents that they invaded other countries by Christian missionaries, the Saxon Wars also prosecuted by Charlemagne and his kin to the south. It also may have motivated overpopulation, trade inequities
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  • Germanic? Shouldn't that be Scandinavian?
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  • October 2011
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  • The Viking Age was a known period of 793 AD - 1066 AD in European History. It was most common in Northern European and Scandinavian history, it followed the Germanic Iron Age. It was the period of history when Scandinavian Norsemen explored Europe by the seas and rivers for trade, raids and conquests. Also similar to Barbarians; they also settled Norse Greenland, Newfoundland, and today, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Normandy, Scotland, England, Ukraine, Ireland, Russia, and Anatolia. The viking travelers/colonists were seen in many points during history as brutal barbaric raiders. There are also documents that they invaded other countries by Christian missionaries, the Saxon Wars also prosecuted by Charlemagne and his kin to the south. It also may have motivated overpopulation, trade inequities, and lack of viable farmland in their homeland and continents. There is much information about the viking age which was found by their enemies and primary sources, it also supplied secondary sources like the Icelandic Sagas.
  • The Viking Age is the period from 793 AD to 1066 AD in European History, especially Northern European and Scandinavian history, following the Germanic Iron Age. It is the period of history when Scandinavian Norsemen explored Europe by its oceans and rivers for trade and conquest. In this period, the Vikings also settled in present-day Faroe Islands, Scotland, Ireland, Iceland, Greenland, Newfoundland, Russia and Anatolia.
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