the late eighth to eleventh centuries. The ancestors of the Vikings‚ called the Scandinavian people‚ traded with the Romans. Scandinavia was made up of five modern day European countries: Denmark‚ Norway‚ Finland‚ Iceland‚ and Sweden.1 Some items that they traded included ivory‚ amber‚ skins‚ and furs. After the Roman Empire fell‚ the Scandinavian people living in Scandinavia became closer and stronger. Around the mid seventh century‚ the Scandinavian people used ships with sails and built large towns
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Cultures on the Iron Range 1880-1930 Immigration to America is one of the most life changing experiences for men‚ women‚ and families. The journey of moving to a foreign land‚ primarily from Europe‚ and leaving home behind can be unimaginable for many kids. Diverse cultures have shaped America to what people know today. People immigrate for many different reasons. Some immigrate due to economic‚ environmental‚ political‚ social reasons. Or to simply to seek a better life. Every individual man‚
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results showed that 8.6 percent had experienced workplace bullying during a six months period (1996). Workplace bullying is a widespread issue – especially in Scandinavia – and the issue could benefit from further investigation (Saunders et al. 2007). Most of the conducted research in this specific study field has been concentrated to Scandinavia and Northern Europe (Einarsen‚ 2000).6 From a review of the existing literature in the field‚ the authors of this thesis have found three major reasons for
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During 1550 through 1650 the European history had an impact in the world by having effects on the churches and how important it was thought out that era also in the countries like France‚ Italy‚ Germany‚ Scandinavia‚ and Spain also creating many inventions. One of the countries that impacted Europe was France because it was racked by turmoil from the religious conflicts of the reformation also the kingdom was divided by Huguenot protestant forces and Catholic loyalist. In the ruling of the house
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is 3. Its atomic mass is 45. Its melting point is 1541 Celsius. Its boiling point is 2836 Celsius. Its atomic is 216 pm. These a really interesting element. Scandium was discovered in Scandinavia in 1878. It was discovered by a man named Nilson. There is two metals that scandium has that were only found in Scandinavia. They are euxenite and gadolinite. Its color is silvery white. It’s an important element. When he discovered scandium he could only prepare about 2g of highly pure scandium oxide. Scandium
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other vernaculars to the inhabitants of Viking home communities during what has become known as the Viking Age. This period of Norse military‚ mercantile and demographic expansion constitutes an important element in the early medieval history of Scandinavia‚ the British Isles‚ France‚ Kievan Rus’ and Sicily.[3] Facilitated by advanced seafaring skills‚ and characterised by the longship‚ Viking activities at times also extended into the Mediterranean littoral‚ North Africa‚ the Middle East and Central
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churches to trade and sell. The Anglo-Saxons at the time had never seen such merciless men. In the Anglo-Saxon chronicles‚ the Vikings are described as ‘sea-borne pagans’‚ as all of the Vikings came on huge war-ships from what we would now refer to as Scandinavia. The Vikings had originally come from Sweden‚ Denmark and Norway‚ and they were certainly very vicious people. The first raids came in the late 700’s‚ and began as just bloody‚ frightening raids. The first recorded were of unprotected monasteries
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works of Anglo-Saxon literature. Beowulf‚ is an old English heroic epic poem which is consist of 3182 alternative long line. The name of the title Beowulf is related to the traditional old English and set in Scandinavia. This poem tell that Beowulf is the hero who come from Geats in Scandinavia and take a travel to Denmark with his band of soldiers which include his best friend. He comes to the king of Danes‚ Hrothgar who is the king that under attack by the demonic monster which is a hideously disfigured
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To fully understand the Viking and Scandinavian elements in the poem‚ the culture and society of the Anglo-Saxons must first be discussed. The same time the stories for Beowulf were being created‚ around 800-1100AD‚ Scandinavia was being invaded and was under attack. As a result of this‚ it left a culture obsessed with being saved by a great warrior‚ valuing battle honor‚ glory‚ and heroism. The concepts of “wyrd” and “weirguld” were also popular at this time. Along with other characters‚ the actions
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Wolf Lichen (Letharia vulpina) Poisonous but also a healer. It is very abundant in Idaho but very scarce and hard to find in Scandinavia. Wolf Lichen is the name of this mysterious plant. It is one of many different types of lichen found in nature and varies in ways such as habitat‚ use‚ and appearance. Lichen is a slow-growing plant genus that is usually structured in a spindle or leaf like shape. Lichen is made up of two components; fungi and algae.(Hollinger‚ J. 2014) The Fungal aspect
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