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| Christianity reaches Greenland and Iceland. |
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| Leif Eriksson, son of Erik the Red, explores the coast of North America. |
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| Olav I dies; Norway is ruled by the Danes. |
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| Leifr Eiriksson makes his voyages to Vinland (America), attempts made to settle there are prevented by opposition from skraelings (Native Americans). |
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| Harold Godwinson becomes the last Anglo-Saxon king after the death of King Edward. King Harald of Norway invades England and captures York, but is then defeated and killed in the battle of Stamford Bridge. King Harold is defeated by Duke William at the battle of Hastings |
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| the Swedish king Erik conquers Finland during a crusade |
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| Sweden's king Magnus Ladulas organizes Swedish society on the feudal model. |
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| Sweden's king Magnus Eriksson enacts the Swedish law code |
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| the plague reaches Denmark and Scandinavia |
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| Christian I inaugurates the Oldenburg dynasty in Denmark |
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| A Viking explorer who discovered North America before Columbus. |
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| The first viking to see North America. |
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| Interesting fact about Viking navigation. |
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| They would use the sun & stars, but they also released a bird to see if it returned so they knew whether or not land was near. |
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| Fought between 900 and 1000, it brought Norway under one name and Christianity as well. |
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| Used as a remembrance of the dead. |
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| Viking Travel was based primarily on..? |
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| Ships. They traveled to and fro using sturdy, but small by today's standards and even some back them, ships. (Vikings used mostly the Baltic and Norwegian seas). |
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| Areas around modern day Scandinavia, Ireland, Iceland and Greenland. |
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| It consisted mostly of raiding and pillaging, but the vikings were known to trade with the people they encountered. |
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| Where did the vikings go? |
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| Mostly North Africa and east to Russia, Constantinople, and the Middle East, and of course to North America though they didn't stay long. |
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| Example of a viking ship. |
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