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A Viking is a Norsemen, and they were typical men and women who farmed, hunted, and made there own civilization to survive from.

Some Vikings would raid different countries in Europe for loot.

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Vikings were groups of people from Scandinavia who were not satisfied with what they had and began raiding other places such as Greenland and North America.

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The Vikings were important early explorers came from Denmark. This is what I remember about them..

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The Vikings were a warrior race from Norway and Iceland. They raided wherever they could gain plunder and riches.

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What area of Europe did the Vikings raid?

vikings raided Britain,Ireland, and other parts of western Europe


From Scandinavia that used long oar powered ships to raid areas across Europe?

The Vikings.


Was it the danish . swedish or norwegian vikings that raided England first?

The first vikings to raid England were norwegian vikings. However the first sea-raid ever from Scandinavia to western Europe was that of Hugleik from Götaland in nowadays Sweden, who raided the coast of Frisia in the Frankish kingdom already in the sixth century.


Why did the Vikings raid Europe?

The Vikings lived in a harsh climate, and at first they were able to survive on fishing, farming and trading alone, but when their population increased, the Vikings raided other lands in order to gain land and possessions.


When did vikings begin raids on Europe?

They began to raid because that was how they where raised and they thought it was normal. It was part of there culture.


What targets did the vikings like to raid?

They liked to raid deers ships and racoons


What monastery did the vikings raid first?

the vikings first raided the monastery of lindersfarne.


Why did the Vikings never raid Hungary?

Hungary is landlocked and the Vikings attacked by sea.


What did the vikings do during a raid?

kidnap, harm


What did the vikings raid?

because they are horny creatures


Why did the vikings raid Africa?

because they wanted to


Where did the vikings raid?

there raided in ireland and britain