If the sound of the Mongol horse's hooves of Genghis Khan once made residents from Asia to Europe both fear and admire, about three centuries earlier, in northern Europe, the Vikings had become a prominent ethnic group created by the Vikings. a glorious era of history that spanned the period from 793 to 1066.
This people consisted of many elements from warriors
merchants, pirates, to farmers from the original Skull hoodies Scandinavian peninsula (now Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark) radiating. different directions from east to west in migratory flows, and eventually spread across Europe creating a glorious age that history has called the Viking Age.
When it comes to Vikings
people are most impressed with the role of warriors and pirates. With skilled seafaring skills, the Vikings built longboats made of oak wood. According to National Geographic, this boat is designed with compartments containing large rocks placed on both sides of the boat to keep the vehicle balanced in the face of storms, combined with weapons compartments on both sides.
In sturdy oak boats
the Vikings sailed across the seas of Europe. To the rich lands, they stopped to invade and plunder. The waves of Vikings continued to spread from Northern Europe in all directions, to settle in newly conquered lands in England, France, the Baltic Sea, Russia to the Iberian peninsula (today Spain, Portugal). Nha), even crossed the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas 500 years before the explorer Christopher Columbus, but today traces are still left in Canada.
The Vikings left their strongest mark on England and Ireland with their expeditions from Denmark to these lands. While another group from Sweden went on voyages to Russia. The remaining branch of the Vikings from Norway traveled to Scotland, Iceland and the island of Greenland (Denmark).
The villages that the Viking groups initially established viking clothings Europe later became the medieval nations of the old continent. According to historical records, the Vikings began their conquests from England in 793 with an attack on the island of Lindisfarn. Then, this people began to occupy England in the period 793 to 850. At one point England had to be divided with the northern part belonging to the Vikings.