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Vikings invade from the North:
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From about 800-1000 C.E. invasions destroyed the
Carolingian Empire
The Vikings (Northsmen/Norsemen) were a
Germanic people from Scandinavia, Northern
Europe
The Vikings worshiped warlike gods and took pride
in names like Eric the Bloodaxe and Thorfin
Skullspliter
Came through Europe pillaging and looting villages
all over Europe
 Viking ships were the best of the time
 Long and narrow; carried about 50 men
 Allowed Viking invaders to travel further inland
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Vikings Invade from the North
Vikings are not just invaders
 Also farmers, traders, and explorers
 Leif Ericson a Viking explorer reached North
America in 1000 C.E. nearly 500 years before
Christopher Columbus
 Around 1000 C.E. the climate in Scandinavia grew
warmer making farming much easier
 New generations of Vikings stayed to farm bringing
an end to most Viking raids
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 Odin
 Major god, father of the
gods
 God of war, death,
poetry and wisdom
 Rules over Asgard with
his wife Frigg
 Father to the mighty
Thor
 Asgard is the capital city of
the Norse gods, similar to
Mount Olympus (Greek)
 Inside Asgard is the great
hall of Valhalla
 Valhalla is a majestic hall
that serves as a way to
celebrate great Viking
warriors. Odin selects
men who die in battle to
live eternally in Valhalla
with all others who have
died bravely in battle.
 Fallen Vikings are brought
to Valhalla by Valkyrie's
 God of thunder and
lightning, also protector
of man-kind
 Son of Odin
 Wields a giant hammer
 Loki is a shape shifter
 Can take on the
appearance on many
other people and
creatures
 Trickster god, god of
mischief
 Prophecy in Nordic
mythology that describes
several events that will lead
to the destruction of many
god including Odin
 Natural disasters will result
in the earth being
submerged in water and
will return new and fertile.
 Then the world will be
repopulated by two
humans…