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"Nothing you've seen prior has such a terror came out in Britain" - Alcuin of York Vikings epitomize terror - bloodthirsty raiders who, some thousand years back, looted and pillaged their way across significant swaths of European countries, the sight with their approaching sails coming one of the very most chilling in history. This is actually the common - and slightly clichéd - image of the Vikings, and their fearsome reputation was at many respects deserved and needed, the Norse sagas charting their deeds in every their lurid glory. But over the past century, because of an abundance of new archaeological information, a more nuanced picture of the Vikings has surfaced, providing deep insights into one of the very most astonishing, misinterpreted, and adaptable of European civilizations. Vikings are actually recognized not just as "wolves among sheep": brutal warriors and pirates who seized treasures and land and annihilated those who dared to stand in their route. They were also skilled and innovative investors, explorers, settlers, craftsmen, entrepreneurs, shipbuilders, and poets whose activities helped bring them into what may have been peaceable and constructive contact with various races across European countries and beyond. Through their sometimes disruptive activities, they had a profound influence on European history, interacting with numerous other civilizations across an area embracing four continents - from Greenland to the Mediterranean and North Africa, and from THE UNITED STATES to the Middle East and further than. And as the Vikings impacted on these individuals and their culture, the Vikings themselves absorbed foreign affects and customs to their own civilization. The Vikings were essentially a maritime modern culture and some of the very most skilled boat contractors in history, but what specifically drove them to leave their Scandinavian homelands and reach from long and dangerous sea voyages in search of a fresh life and fresh opportunities? What areas performed they settle in or colonize - and why? Who have been their leaders, villains, and heroes? Who have been the fantastic historical leaders who dared to oppose them? How performed they live, dress, eat, play, struggle, and die? Which pagan gods performed they worship - and why performed they convert to Christianity? Why performed the Viking age group come to a finish? And what's their legacy?
