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INTRODUCTION: This page was produced by the combined efforts of our students, our Norwegian exchange partners Spjelkavik Videregående Skole and SOCRATES, School Education, COMENIUS SHIPS: History of the Viking ship: WWW.MARINER.ORG/AGE/EVOSHIP.HTML More Viking ships: WWW.MARINER.ORG./AGE/VIKINGSHIPS.HTML Dragon ships: WWW.ABC.NET.AU/SCIENCE/K2/MOMENTS/GMIS98822.HTM Construction of ships: WWW.SCIAM.COM/1998/0298ISSUE/0298HALE.HTML NAVIGATION: Navigation methods: WWW.MARINER.ORG/AGE/NAVIGATION.HTML EXPANSION: Maps: WWW.VIKING.NO/E/MAPS/EMAPS.HTM Expansion: WWW.HJEM.GET2NET.DK/TYKAT/ENGLISH/ENGLAND.HTML WEAPONS: Weapons and armour: WWW.REALTIME.COM/~GUNNORA/ARMOR.HTM Simply the best Viking website: WWW.VIKING.NO CULTURE: Viking houses: WWW.LOTHENE.CLEMON.CO.UK/OTHERS/VIKINGS.HTML Everyday life of the Vikings: WWW.UTB.BORAS.SE/UK/SE/PROJECT/HISTORY/ARTICLES/VIKAGE/VIKAGE7.HTM VIKING REALMS: Realms: WWW.VIKING.NO/E/IRELAND/ERIN.HTM RELIGION: Norse mythology: WWW.USERS.GLOBALNET.CO.UK/~RAQOON/WEB-HEIM.HTM THE VIKINGS WHO WERE THEY?The Vikings were venturesome seafarers and raiders from Scandinavia who spread throughout Europe and crossed the North Atlantic during a period of vigorous Scandinavian expansion (AD 800-1100) known as ''The Viking Age''. Raiders – A Viking raid nearly always came as a total surprise. The Vikings were expert navigators. They decided on a target and planned the attack in advance. The Vikings had superior weapons and were well trained and usually got what they wanted. The Vikings raided places such as convents and monasteries for example, Glendalough monastery Co.Wicklow Ireland. (http://viking.no/e/travels/e/Raid.htm.) Traders – The Vikings were the international tradesmen of their time. They appeared as traders in Finland, Russia, Byzantium, France, England, Ireland, The Netherlands, Iceland and Greenland. The Vikings founded trading cities in Scandinavia such as Birka, Ribe, Hedeby and Skiringsal. In Ireland they founded Dublin. (http://viking.no/e/travels/etrade.htm) |