[DOC] [TLE] VIKINGS - World History International [PAR] Some of these ships were quite long for that era. ... The people who lived there 
were Norsemen, or Northmen. ... When the chiefs became Viking leaders, their 
client farmers became their sailors and, on land, their soldiers. Because of the 
harsh climate and the many enterprises that took men away from home for 
extended... [DOC] [TLE] Vasa (ship) - Wikipedia [PAR] Vasa (or Wasa) is a Swedish warship built between 1626 and 1628. The ship 
foundered after sailing about 1,300 m (1,400 yd) into her maiden voyage on 10 
August 1628. She fell into obscurity after most of her valuable bronze cannons 
were ... Since her recovery, Vasa has become a widely recognized symbol of the
... [DOC] [TLE] Sutton Hoo - Wikipedia [PAR] Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, East Anglia, is the site of two 6th- and early 7th-
century cemeteries. One contained an undisturbed ship burial, including a wealth 
of ... The ship-burial has from the time of its discovery prompted comparisons with 
the ... This also had burials under mounds, but was not known because these... [DOC] [TLE] Vikings - Wikipedia [PAR] Vikings from Old Norse vkingr, were Norse seafarers, speaking the Old Norse 
language, who ... People from the Viken area were not called 'Viking' in Old 
Norse manuscripts, ... Some archaeologists and historians of today believe that 
these ..... The Vikings often deliberately captured many people on their raids in 
Europe,... [DOC] [TLE] Hurstwic: Viking Ships [PAR] These fast ships had the strength to survive ocean crossings while having a draft 
of as ... Some people were buried in ships, or ship-like settings made of stones (
below), ... more typical of the kind of vessel that was used by the Vikings on their 
raids. ..... Many ships have outboard gear, such as cleats and oarlocks, that 
would... [DOC] [TLE] Learn More About the Vikings - Ragweed Forge [PAR] In the period from 800 to 1050 A.D., the Nordic peoples made their dramatic entry 
into the ... Some did not survive the Viking period, such as the kingdoms based in 
... These castles were placed with a precision testifying to the rulers' advanced .... 
The Oseberg ship was built around 815-820 A.D. The burial has been dated to... [DOC] [TLE] Sutton Hoo: Anglo-Saxon ship burial - Google Arts & Culture [PAR] The Anglo-Saxon burial mounds at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, England ... than by land, 
so people in Denmark and the Netherlands would have been ... because the 
centre section was stripped out so that a burial chamber could ... We do know that 
it had once been a working vessel, as there were signs of repairs to the ship's 
body. [DOC] [TLE] Four Scandinavian ship graffiti from Hagia Sophia: Byzantine and ... [PAR] Others may have written there because their freedom of expression was .... The 
great diversity of the types of vessels represented in these drawings is clearly 
noticeable. Some of the ships' graffiti represent galleys, Viking ships, cogs, 
carracks, ..... were found in the early ninth-century ship burial site near Oseberg, 
Norway. [DOC] [TLE] Athena Review Vol.2, no.3: Dragon Ships and Viking Sagas [PAR] There is also literary evidence, present in many heroic sagas, of the abundance 
of ... thus all that remained of the original vessel were the rivets in a ghostly 
outline. ... [Fig.3: Dragon heads from Gokstad ship burial; part of verge boards for 
a tent ... and vigorous people - that their earlier ways of life should have survived 
the... [DOC] [TLE] 2. The Vikings - Wiley [PAR] had the skills to write. e Vikings were pagans and so they did not have groups of 
.... 7 Evaluate the importance of the discovery of Viking ships in burial mounds. ... 
period because many of these tribes moved around the continent. .... their kings 
owning most of what little land was available, some Viking people might have. [DOC] [TLE] How the Vikings ruled the waves | History Extra [PAR] A depiction of Cnut the Great in a 14th

Question: Because many rulers of these Nordic people were buried in their ships, some vessels have survived
Answer: the Vikings