Essay Archive - The Vikings
The Vikings
The Vikings were a group of Scandinavian raiders that were around
from about the 8th century to the 11th. They mainly attacked the British
Islands , the Frankish empire, England, but they also plundered places such
as the Iberian peninsula and northern Africa. Vikings did not always
settle into the places that they found, for instance after exploring North
America they left the place never to return again. Even so, after landing
on Greenland they colonized themselves there, and ancestors of the Vikings
still live there today. So now that you know a little about the history ....
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