During our tour of Scotland, nosotros were shown a diversity of Viking civilization artifacts, particularly inwards the Orkney too Hebrides Islands. Indeed, the Norsemen occupied much of northern too western Scotland from 790 AD through most of the twelfth Century.
Those of us who were born too raised inwards North America learned nearly Viking exploits across the North Atlantic, including their settlements inwards Iceland, Greenland too Newfoundland. In fact, these skilled mariners explored coastlines every bit far southward every bit Northern Africa, every bit far due east every bit Russian Federation too southward through the major rivers of Europe. Contrary to their icon every bit savage plunderers, the Vikings develop merchandise networks throughout their realm too dominated commerce inwards that percentage for 400 years. Not inclined toward mysticism, their "pagan culture" eventually gave agency to the expansion of Christianity (which brought far to a greater extent than brutality than the Norsemen always did).
Visiting the National Museum of Scotland today, nosotros saw a partial laid of chessmen, carved from walrus tusks, that were unearthed on the Isle of Lewis to a greater extent than than 700 years subsequently the Vikings left Scotland. What a plumbing fixtures remnant from a fourth dimension when those hardy explorers occupied the percentage too earlier religion-fueled wars raged across the country.
Those of us who were born too raised inwards North America learned nearly Viking exploits across the North Atlantic, including their settlements inwards Iceland, Greenland too Newfoundland. In fact, these skilled mariners explored coastlines every bit far southward every bit Northern Africa, every bit far due east every bit Russian Federation too southward through the major rivers of Europe. Contrary to their icon every bit savage plunderers, the Vikings develop merchandise networks throughout their realm too dominated commerce inwards that percentage for 400 years. Not inclined toward mysticism, their "pagan culture" eventually gave agency to the expansion of Christianity (which brought far to a greater extent than brutality than the Norsemen always did).
Visiting the National Museum of Scotland today, nosotros saw a partial laid of chessmen, carved from walrus tusks, that were unearthed on the Isle of Lewis to a greater extent than than 700 years subsequently the Vikings left Scotland. What a plumbing fixtures remnant from a fourth dimension when those hardy explorers occupied the percentage too earlier religion-fueled wars raged across the country.
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