[DOC] [TLE] Viking expansion - Wikipedia [PAR] Viking expansion is the process by which the Vikings sailed most of the North 
Atlantic, reaching .... The local reeve mistook the Vikings for merchants and 
directed them to the nearby .... Wales was not colonized by the Vikings 
significantly as in eastern England. ..... The Greenlanders called the new-found 
territory Vinland. [DOC] [TLE] History of Normandy - Wikipedia [PAR] Normandy was a province in the North-West of France under the Ancien Rgime 
which lasted ... Towards the end of the 8th century, Viking raids devastated the 
region, ... Below is a list of Gallic tribes, whose territories correspond to later 
Normandy, .... Medieval Latin documents referred to them as Nortmanni, which 
means... [DOC] [TLE] French colonization of the Americas - Wikipedia [PAR] The French colonization of the Americas began in the 15th century, and 
continued on into the ... Verrazzano gave the names Francesca and Nova Gallia 
to that land ... found a colony on a territory which will take the name of the French 
Florida. .... under the condition that they marry prostitutes and go with them to 
Louisiana. [DOC] [TLE] History of Greenland - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of Greenland is a history of life under extreme Arctic conditions: 
currently, an ice cap ... Eirik named the island Greenland (Grnland in Old Norse 
and modern ..... They had dogs, which the Dorset did not, and used them to pull 
the dog ... In the second half of the 17th century Dutch, German, French, Basque, 
and... [DOC] [TLE] Vikings (17 slides) [PAR] The exploits of the Norwegian vikings lead them west to settle into Iceland in ... 
There are also Norse oral religious traditions written as poems that are 
collectively named ... In 911 AD Charles III of France gave Normandy (French for 
territory of Norsemen) to the Viking ... 900 -The Vikings raid along the 
Mediterranean coast. [DOC] [TLE] Vikings - Exploration - HISTORY.com [PAR] Find out more about the history of Vikings, including videos, interesting articles, ... 
Their common groundand what made them different from the European peoples 
... Rouen and the surrounding territory by treaty to a Viking chief called Rollo in ... 
In the ninth century, Scandinavians (mainly Norwegians) began to colonize... [DOC] [TLE] Vikings - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Wales was not colonized by the Vikings as heavily as eastern England and 
Ireland. ... The Vikings were driven out of Ireland for a short period around 900, 
but returned .... The Icelandic Vikings called the new found territory "Vinland," 
after the wild .... Many of these sagas were written in Iceland, and most of them, 
even if they... [DOC] [TLE] Norman | people | Britannica.com [PAR] Member of those Vikings, or Norsemen, who settled in northern France (or the ... 
of conquest and colonization to southern Italy and Sicily and to England, Wales, 
... foothold on Frankish soil in the valley of the lower Seine River by about 900. A 
Viking named Rollo, who had already won a reputation as a great leader of 
Viking... [DOC] [TLE] Viking | people | Britannica.com [PAR] Feb 18, 2015 ... Viking, also called Norseman or Northman, member of the Scandinavian 
seafaring warriors who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from ... Their 
burning, plundering, and killing earned them the name vikingr, meaning ... 
Danish states on old Mercian and East Anglian territory had fallen before him. [DOC] [TLE] Vikings - Metapedia [PAR] Oct 27, 2015 ... Vikings also explored and settled in territories in Slavic-dominated areas of 
Eastern Europe. ... the Danes to England and France, settling in the Danelaw (
northern ... The names of Scandinavian kings are known only for the later part of 
the ... Wales was not colonized by the Vikings as heavily as eastern... [DOC] [TLE] New France - The Canadian Encyclopedia [PAR] Sep 4, 2013 ... That is, well before the Vikings ventured so far East (see Norse voyages) ... He 
took possession of the territory in the name of the king of France by ... In 1663, the 
population numbered scarcely 3,000 people, 1,250 of them Canadian-born

Question: This French territory was colonized by the Vikings in the 900s & is named for them
Answer: Normandy