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The Vikings Ronald J. Leach 2
Where does this ship travel? 3
Did the Vikings travel there? 4
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The Vikings Who? What? Where? Why? When? 6
What were they like? 7
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Where were they going? Norsemen and Danes often went west and south Swedes often went east 14
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Why did they go a-Viking? Primarily farmers and traders BUT... Population pressures Little good farmland at home Opportunity: Europe was weak 16
Why did they stop a-Viking? Settling down, intermarriage More resistance in Europe 17
Source: Wikipedia 18
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Vikings in England, Scotland 21
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Lindisfarne 23
Weymouth (Portland) 24
Viking conquest of England 25
Coins from King Canute 26
Vikings in France Parisi fortify their city Normandy William the Conqueror 27
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Vikings in Ireland 29
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Vikings in Iceland, Greenland 33
Leif Erickson Son of Erick the Red Left Greenland in 1002 Helluland ("Flat Stones Land"), Baffin Island ? Markland ("Woodland"), Labrador ? Vinland (Massachusetts), Newfoundland Saga of the Greenlanders 34
Vikings in America 35
L’Anse Aux Meadows 36
Boat at L’Anse Aux Meadows 37
Viking navigation 38
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What did the Vikings leave? Genetic, cultural heritage Wodin’s Day, Thor’s Day, Freya’s Day Colonies in England, Scotland, France, Ireland, Iceland, Greenland,... Helped unify Russia Major influence on Ireland, England, France,… Little in North America 42
Thank you 43