?The Vikings. ?

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?The Vikings. ?

• By Anne Brouder and Taylor Doyle, 4th Class.

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Contents

• Page 1 Where did the Vikings come from?
• Page 2 What did the Vikings do?
• Page 3 The Viking Community.
• Page 4 Viking Crafts.
• Page 5 Travelling.
• Page 6 Vikings in Ireland.
• Page 7 The Battle of Clontarf.
• Page 8 What did the Vikings do for us?
• Page 9 The End.

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Where did the Vikings come from ?

• The Vikings came from Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
  

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What did the Vikings do?

• The Vikings passed laws and appointed rules for
  their new larger kingdoms.

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The Viking Community .

• The king, other Viking nobles and war leaders
  were the first group of theViking community.
• The second group were the freemen who worked for
  themselves. This group included farmers, traders
  and skilled crafts people.
• The third group were the slaves, called thralls.
  They were owned by their masters.

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Viking Crafts.

• Women were expert spinners and weavers of wool
  and linen. Wood was carved into beautiful designs
  and metal workers made lovely gold and silver
  jewellery.

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Travelling

• Some Vikings left their homelands to go on raids.
  Others travelled to foreign lands to trade such
  things as weapons, timber, dried fish, amber,
  leather, gold, silk and glass.

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?Vikings in Ireland.?

• The first Viking vaid took place in Ireland in
  795 AD. The Vikings attacked Monasteries and
  settlements..all over Ireland.
• Everything of value was stolen, buildings, were
  set on fire and people were killed or taken away
  as slaves.

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The Battle of Clontarf.

• The battle of Clontarf took place on Good Friday
  1014. Brian Boru was high king of Ireland. The
  Vikings refused to accept Brian as their king.

Brian Boru
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What did the Vikings do for us?

• The Vikings who remained in Ireland after the
  battle of Clontarf were happy to be ruled by
  Irish kings. They became friendly with the Irish
  and slowly became part of the Irish nation. The
  Irish people quickly learned the trading skills
  of the Vikings.

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The End.

• Thank you for reading Taylor Doyle and Anne
  Brouders Viking Powerpoint!
• Bye for now!!!!!
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