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    Mongol Ger

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    Mongol ger With a history of over a thousand years‚ this portative tabernacle made of wood meshed together with leather thongs and covered with felt is the home of the Mongolian nomads. Easy to build and dismantle‚ the ger‚ its furnishings‚ and the stove inside can be carried by just three camels‚ or wagons pulled by oxes. The average ger is small but spacious enough to provide enough living space for a family‚ is wind resistant‚ and has good ventilation. Gers are constructed of a latticed wood

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    Who Were The Vikings

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    Who were the Vikings? What do we know about the Vikings? What are the myths and how do we know the truth? Where were the Vikings first discovered? Were the Vikings known as pirates? These are some of the questions that interest me about the Vikings and I plan to find the answers to these questions and many others. My goal in this paper is to learn more about the Vikings to research them and become familiar with who they were‚ how they survived and to learn what they would want us to know about them

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    The Vikings came from what is known as Sweden‚ Norway‚ and Denmark. During the time from the 8th to the 11th centuries the Vikings traveled in their longboats to the British Isles and the coast of Europe raiding the settlements. These fierce raiders went to Lindisfame off the north coast of England 793. After the raid on the raid on the monastery of Lindisfame they started roaming the English Channel and the North Sea raiding settlements near the sea. They eventually started going up the Rhine

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    Viking Women Status

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    Scandinavian R5B The role and status of women in Viking Age With the general growth of feminist work in many academic fields‚ it is hardly surprising that the research on the role and status of women in Viking age has attracted considerable attention in recent years. There is a substantial amount of research on this and the expanding corpus of research addresses itself to all of the major dimensions of Viking women ’s lives. While some research has focused on evidence from literature‚ such as sagas

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    Viking Art Analysis

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    I really enjoyed watching the videos on the Viking Age. I think it was a great idea to give some background information about the Vikings along with their artwork‚ so that the Vikings artwork would be more tangible for everyone watching it. From the videos we can see that not only the Vikings closeness to the nature have effected their worldview‚ but also it had inspired their artworks and that they had used their natural knowledge to make their art. Moreover‚ as it was mentioned in the video it

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    The Mongol invasion of Europe was a planned invasion of Eastern Europe. The Mongols invade Russia‚ Poland‚ Lithuania‚ Serbia‚ Byzantine‚ Bulgaria‚ Serbia‚ and Hungary. However‚ they later invaded Central Europe. Many believe that these invasions had no political or conquering point‚ but to scare other nations from invading Mongolia. Mongolia’s first conquer was Russia in 1235. Led by Batu Khan(grandson of Genghis)‚ they ordered the Russian ruler Ryazan to surrender‚ and the Mongols sacked major

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    Introduction The Vikings were vicious people living in Scandinavia. The raids by the Vikings first began around in c.790 in England but these lead to further raids over the years in other English and European countries; they were finally defeated in 1066 by King Harold Godwinson. The Vikings impact on the people can on the whole be seen as destructive with people’s properties being destroyed‚ belongings being stolen‚ villagers being captured and even some killed. But it also saw the exploration

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    Ibn Fadlan and the Vikings

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    Ibn Fadlan has become known as one of the world most important historians although he did not start out that way. In 921 he was chosen by the Caliph of Baghdad‚ to be part of the embassy to the King of the Bulgars. He chronicled the journey and all that he observed during his time there. He must have felt very important and very proud to have been chosen for such an important mission for his country. No one really remembers him for his mission. It is his journal that has kept him alive for history

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    The Vikings were warriors from the Scandinavian countries Denmark‚ Norway and Sweden. The word ‘Viking’ means ‘Pirate raid’ which fits their name as they often raided monasteries for treasures. They were great explorers and got as far as North America. Before the Vikings invaded‚ York was left to ruins. The Romans had left already and the town was abandoned. As the Vikings gradually take over England‚ York became the capital of the Viking Kingdom. How/When did the Viking invasion start? A large

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    Vikings Impact On Society

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    Through their actions and expansions‚ the Vikings had multiple profound short-term and long-term impacts on Europe. One major short-term impact of Viking expansion was the increase in violent raids and trading routes across the continent. A long-term impact of Viking expansion is the indentation of Norse mythology into today’s society. Another long-term ramification is their technological advances that provided the stepping stones for today’s intercultural technological practises. Through their colonisation

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