viking age history
The long reach of Viking Expeditions through most of Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Northern Africa, Asia Minor, the Arctic and to North America. The Viking Age was a period in Northern European and Scandinavian history from the eighth to eleventh centuries. Scandinavian Vikings, also called Norsemen, explored the oceans and rivers of Europe through trade and warfare. The Vikings also reached Iceland, Greenland, Newfoundland, and Anatolia.
The period from the earliest recorded raids in the 790s until the Norman conquest of England in 1066 is commonly known as the Viking Age of Scandinavian history. Vikings used the Norwegian Sea and Baltic Sea for sea routes to the south. The Normans were descended from Vikings who were given feudal overlordship of areas in northern Franceâthe Duchy of Normandyâin the 10th century.