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VIKINGS Invasion of AlbioN
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Year 793, by the King’s Calendar
NORTHUMBRIA ST CUTHBERT’S MONASTERY BLOOD OF THE PRIESTS OF GOD BEGINNING OF THE VIKING AGE
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origins NOWADAYS NORWAY, DENMARK SWEDEN RURAL HOMELAND
AGRICULTURE AND FISHING SEAFARERS AND TRADERS
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A VIKING settlement
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APPEARANCE IRON HELMETS LARGE ROUND SHIELDS
LEATHER OUTFITS WITH ADDONS OF MAIL IRON HELMETS LARGE ROUND SHIELDS PRIMARILY GREATAXES, MACES AND SWORDS WELL-ARMED AND FORMIDABLE OPPONENTS
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VIKING WARRIORS
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VIKING WARRIORS BY GENDER
SHIELDMAIDEN VIKING RAIDER VIKING WARRIORS BY GENDER
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Ragnar LODBROK LEGENDARY VIKING HERO THE SCOURGE OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND
DISTINGUISHED RAIDER THROWN INTO A PIT OF SNAKES
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SIGURD SNAKE-IN-THE-EYE
THE SONS OF LODBROK VENGEFUL SONS RENOWNED CONQUERORS BJORN IRONSIDE IVAR THE BONELESS SIGURD SNAKE-IN-THE-EYE HALFDAN RAGNARSSON UBBA
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THE GREAT HEATHEN ARMY INVASION OF ALBION
ACCORDING TO LEGENDS, CONQUERED THE WHOLE OF ENGLAND LED BY THE SONS OF RAGNAR EAST ANGLIA, ESSEX, KENT, MERCIA, NORTHUMBRIA, WESSEX AND SUSSEX
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CONQUEST OF PARADISE ONE BY ONE
LANDED IN NORTHUMBRIA, ESTABLISHED A KINGDOM EAST ANGLIA, TOOK HORSES CENTRAL ENGLISH KINGDOM OF MERCIA FINALLY, WESSEX LAND RIPE FOR TAKING FULL OF TREASURES
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DOWNFALL BATTLE OF EDINGTON, 878 KING ALFRED “THE GREAT” OF WESSEX
DISPERSAL OF THE GREAT ARMY THE BEGINNING OF THE END
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THE END OF THE VIKING AGE
DIVIDED ENGLAND 80 YEARS OF STRUGGLE 954, RULERS OF WESSEX BECOME KINGS OF A UNITED ENGLAND
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LEGACY ORKNEY, SCOTLAND NORMANDY, FRANCE DUBLIN, IRELAND YORK, ENGLAND
KIEV, RUSSIA NOVGOROD, RUSSIA WORLDWIDE RECOGNITION RESPECT FOUND ALL OVER THE KNOWN WORLD WEALTH OF SWEDEN, NORWAY, DENMARK
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FUN FACTS THE BLOOD EAGLE THE VARANGIAN GUARD DISCOVERY OF AMERICA
EXCELLENT HYGIENE BURIED IN BOATS ACTIVE IN SLAVE TRADE SKIED FOR FUN
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LITERATURE www.deviantart.com – DeviantArt, pictures;
– History World; – History Extra; – Live Science; – History Channel, fun facts.
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