The Vikings And The Vikings

Norsemen from Scandinavia, which includes Norway, Sweden and Denmark, conducted raids, mostly into Europe from the 8th to 11th centuries and became known as Vikings (the word Viking means raiding). Later on, the word Viking became equal to piracy, and the Vikings gained a reputation of brutal robbers. The word Viking in Old Norse, spoken by Scandinavians, was translated as “a rear man who came from the Vik district of Oslo fjord”.
These warriors became known as a result of their vicious and cruel attacks. It is believed that their influence has started around 793 AD when a group of them stroke a Monastery in the eastern coast of England, and it continued until they stormed and robbed the whole England till about 1066 AD.
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