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OK Detail: The Vikings first raided Britain in the 8th Century. Around 100 years later they began to send settling armies and captured areas such as York. The Norwegian Vikings were defeated in 1066ish and that was the end of that.turns out they came because....

it was getting too crowded in Scandinavia

there wasn't enough food in Scandinavia because the soil was poor

Viking rules said that younger sons got none of their fathers land

there where a few very mean kings that people tried to escape from

there was a sudden shortage of herring in the North Sea hope i helped

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they came to Britain so they could have more fertile land and be richer.
The Vikings came to loot and pillage.

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Wealth primarily. Later they wanted land and to settle.

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because the vikings land had flooded and they had no room to grow food and they came to England to live in a place where they can grow with out getting flooded

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How did the vikings come from Scandinavia to England?

By traveling in Longships from Scandinavia across the North Sea.


What contribution did the Vikings make to England?

The Minnesota Vikings have a huge impact. Look at all the purple and gold running around over there!


How did the Vikings get wiped out?

They didn't get "wiped out". As the Vikings began to gain control of more land over Europe and England, they settled and eventually started to cease their murderous pillages across Europe and England. The main reason the Vikings pillaged other civilisations such as England, is because England had plenty of fertile land and healthy cattle as well as riches in the form of Christian gold. The homeland of the Vikings was very infertile and very poor. In order to prevent their people being wiped out, the Vikings raided the more fertile, thriving civilisations to feed their own. As pointed out above, once the Vikings were happy that they had acquired enough land to survive on, they ceased their pillages and settled for normal lives all over Northern Europe and Middle-England. They were never wiped out.


What did the landscape look like when there was vikings?

Where are you talking about? Norway, Sweden, Denmark, The Norman Vikings, the Vikings invading England? If Norway, Sweden or Denmark the land would all be snowed over very heavily and would be freezing cold. There would be small villages of ruthless vikings, who were used to harsh conditions. In England or Normandy, Vikings weren't used to the new land so they didn't mix well with the terrain.


When did vikings invade Britain?

The Vikings first invaded Britiain in 793 AD and last invaded in 1066 when William the Conqueror became King of England. 793 to 796 then they took over

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How did Norse come to England?

By the Vikings.


Why did the vikings come to England?

because the vikings land had flooded and they had no room to grow food and they came to England to live in a place where they can grow with out getting flooded


Who also took over Ireland Scotland and England?

The Vikings.


How did the vikings come from Scandinavia to England?

By traveling in Longships from Scandinavia across the North Sea.


What contribution did the Vikings make to England?

The Minnesota Vikings have a huge impact. Look at all the purple and gold running around over there!


How did the Vikings get wiped out?

They didn't get "wiped out". As the Vikings began to gain control of more land over Europe and England, they settled and eventually started to cease their murderous pillages across Europe and England. The main reason the Vikings pillaged other civilisations such as England, is because England had plenty of fertile land and healthy cattle as well as riches in the form of Christian gold. The homeland of the Vikings was very infertile and very poor. In order to prevent their people being wiped out, the Vikings raided the more fertile, thriving civilisations to feed their own. As pointed out above, once the Vikings were happy that they had acquired enough land to survive on, they ceased their pillages and settled for normal lives all over Northern Europe and Middle-England. They were never wiped out.


What did the landscape look like when there was vikings?

Where are you talking about? Norway, Sweden, Denmark, The Norman Vikings, the Vikings invading England? If Norway, Sweden or Denmark the land would all be snowed over very heavily and would be freezing cold. There would be small villages of ruthless vikings, who were used to harsh conditions. In England or Normandy, Vikings weren't used to the new land so they didn't mix well with the terrain.


When did vikings invade Britain?

The Vikings first invaded Britiain in 793 AD and last invaded in 1066 when William the Conqueror became King of England. 793 to 796 then they took over


Who Rediscovered Newfoundland for England?

The vikings!


When was england invaded by the vikings?

1066


Where does the name york come from?

The name "York" come from the scandinavian word Jorvik, which comes from when the time where vikings ruled England. It was known as "the kingdom of jorvik". After the English kingdom took control over the area in the year 954, they later took the name "York".


What did the Vikings sail in?

The vikings sailed into England, Ireland, Iceland, Russia, and North Africa. But they mainly only thinking about to attack the England.