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Who  actually were the Vikings?

Who actually were the Vikings?

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Viking battle renovation for Jorvik viking festival. Vikings were simply sea-borne Scandinavians. Some performed raids in the early years of the Viking age. Later they undertook step-by-step strategies of conquest with well-trained soldiers.But for all their trustworthiness as fearsome warriors, many more Vikings explored, traded and stayed peacefully in some other parts of Europe. Right after the first invasion, there is little indication of York being a warrior community - no warrior graves have been found in the city and very little weaponry.Fishers and farmers, Vikings were a self-sufficient people who could take full benefits of what nature provided. Vikings fashioned intricate tools...

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