Who Were the Vikings?

Who were the Vikings? Just saying the word elicits an image of a notoriously violent bunch that wreaked havoc across Europe in the Middle Ages. But at their core, the Vikings were explorers.

In this episode of Perspectives, five experts take a look at these infamous explorers whose voyages left an indelible mark in our imaginations.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:35 “Viking” Is a Job Description
03:19 Viking Ships and Navigation
07:55 Viking Raids in England
12:26 Alfred the Great Brings Peace
15:14 Viking Raids Throughout Europe
17:49 Leif Eriksson Reaches the Americas
19:59 Viking Clashes in the Americas
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What Happened to the Vikings After Battling The Native Americans

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Sep 29, 2022 #vikings #nativeamerican
As quickly as they came, they left. Stories of Vikings in North America tell of mysterious lands and foreign tribes known only as Skraelings. It was 1,000 AD. For nearly 12,000 years, the Americas had been cut off from Eurasia. Civilizations developed on each side without knowledge that the other existed. Nearly 500 years before Columbus sailed the ocean blue, the Vikings journeyed to the Americas from Greenland and Iceland, possibly multiple times. And it wasn’t very peaceful.

Welcome back to Nutty History. Today, we’re examining the Viking fingerprints in North America, their clashes with the Native Americans, and why they disappeared almost as soon as they arrived.
Chapter Timestamps
0:00 Intro to mid-roll ads
0:53 First Contact?
2:40 Thorvald and Thorfinn
4:36 Archaeologists Discover Remains of Viking Village
5:57 The Goddard Penny
7:08 The Vinland Sagas
8:53 Where Did All the Vikings Go?
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