The largest is uncertain, however here are some large viking armies:
- the Norwegian army during the battle of stamford bridge - est. 300 ships, 15 000 men
- The great heathen army - No reference to the actual size of it has been found other than about 350 longships
- (Not really a viking army) but The norman army under the battle of heistings - est. 7 000 - 10 000 men
Vikings are not really known to have had very large armies. The vikings usually operated with smaller armies doing hit and run raids near coastal regions. The larger armies in the viking time was mostly coalitions of several smaller local armies to achive common goals.
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If by viking writing, you mean the Futhark, that is lost in history. The Futhark has been around since at least 200 CE, way before the vikings were vikings.
Jahre Viking (formerly Seawise Giant), 568,000 deadweight tonnes.
The British Empire was the largest empire in history.
the Red Army of the Soviet Union was the largest standing army in history. At its peak it had anywhere between 20-30 million soldiers, officers, and personnel.
http://www.ncte.ie/viking/wford.pdf
Jahre Viking, crude oil tanker
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the largest military in history was the Mongolian civilization. Ghengis Khan united hundreds of clans in north and north east Asia. once he united them he spread all over Asia creating the largest civilization and army in history
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Erik the Red was a viking
the impornat aspext of viking histiry is people use live town now we lie cites Fran Tarkington as their Quarterback was probably the most important aspect of Viking history.
Russia is known for having the Red Army. The Red Army first started during Russias civil war in 1918 to 1922. The Red Army was one of the largest armies in history.
The Viking age.
The worlds largest standing army is china.
Yes 3,000,000 allied soldiers participated in it