Who were the Vikings?

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Who were the Vikings?
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The Vikings were people who lived long ago in
Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
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Most Vikings lived on farms in houses made of
wood, stone or blocks of turf.
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Vikings men were craftsmen or traders. Viking
women did all the household jobs.
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Viking children did not go to school. They
helped at home and learnt from stories.
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Vikings wore clothes made of cloth, leather and
fur. All Viking people wore jewellery.
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The Vikings ate a lot of meat. They ate off
wooden plates and drank from horns.
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The Vikings were great sailors who travelled all
over Europe in long ships.
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The Vikings came to England in search of treasure
and wealth in 865.
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They destroyed monasteries and killed many monks
to get to their gold.
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The Vikings were great warriors. They used
spears and shields in battle.
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They captured most of the north of England. The
only part not won was Wessex.
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They had their own alphabet called runes.
These symbols were carved onto stone.
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The Vikings had their own religion and worshipped
their own gods.
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The most popular God was Thor. Thor ruled the
skies, storms and thunder.
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The Vikings bought and sold things using coins,
which were measured by weight.
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William the Conqueror won England in 1066, ending
the Viking era in England.
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Place names ending in by, -thorpe or
ay may have been Viking settlements.
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York or Jorvik was the main Viking town and
still has a Viking theme today.