Timeline The Viking Age began when Norse people from modern-day Sweden Norway and Denmark left their homelands to settle in new places AD 793 The first Viking raids on Lindisfarne in northern England take place AD 810 The first Viking raids in Frisia now Holland take place AD 799 The Vikings raid the Aquitaine region in France AD 839 The Vikings found the city of Dublin AD 860 Vikings attack Constantinople AD 874 The first Vikings settle in Iceland AD 867 The city of York is captured by the Vikings AD 911 King Charles III of France gives Normandy to the Vikings Numismatics Numismatics is the study and collection of money such as coins and banknotes People who study numismatics are called numismatists Numismatists can use currency such as coins to tell us who was making and spending money We know a lot about where the Vikings traded and who they traded with from the discovery and study of coins AD 980s The Vikings adapt to Christianity when they take over Christian lands AD 1000 Leif Eriksson arrives in North America AD 1100 There are no more Viking voyages and the Viking Age ends AD 982 Erik the Red discovers Greenland AD 1066 Norwegian King Harald Hardrada tries to invade England but is killed by English King Harold Godwinson
A perfect picnic The sun is shining and the Histronauts are enjoying a lovely day Is this a new book Luna Yes it’s about the history of the Vikings Who were the Vikings explorers from northern Europe who raided traded with and settled in new lands during They were the Middle Ages
Map of Viking lands Groenland Greenland Ísland Iceland Vinland The Vikings used descriptive words to name the places that they settled Some places still have clues to their Viking origins Do you live in a place with a Viking name In Old Norse the word by meant farm or village Hedeby in Germany and Whitby in England were once Viking villages A woodland clearing was called a thveit Bracquetuit in France still has a hint of this name Thorpe in Yorkshire gets its name from the Old Norse word torp which meant small settlement Toft meant homestead Toftir in the Faroe Islands takes its name from this word
Key Norse Homeland Areas settled by Vikings Areas raided by Vikings Kaupangr Trondheim Birka Heiõabýr Hedeby Lindisfarne Jorvik York Dyflin Dublin Hólmgarõr Novogorod Miklagarõr Istanbul Seville Sikiley Sicily Can you compare this map with a modern-day one Why do you think the Vikings traveled to the places they did
