What did the vikings do

Excuse me. Yes, you… would you like to learn about the Vikings? Great! Well let’s start at the beginning…The Vikings lived over 1000 years ago, but they don’t look that old to me, what’s your secret?The Vikings were Norse people who came from an area called Scandinavia.

You might know it better asNorway, Sweden and Denmark.

The word Viking means ‘a pirate raid’, which is a fitting name as they were fearsome warriors and oftenraided monasteries for treasure.

But they weren’t all bad, bloodthirsty and violent - they also settled with their families and farmed the landpeacefully for many years.

I’m sorry about this… they never wore horned helmets.

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Let’s move on.

Did you know they were great explorers too and travelled all over the world? Vikings explored as far awayas North America. Can you believe they even travelled through Russia to trade in the Middle East.Amazing!

Ah, ‘The Thing’, an early version of today’s par