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.