The Viking Age And Northern Trade Flashcards
1
Q
Where/ When did the Norse Vikings start raiding?
A
Lindisfame, England in 795 CE
2
Q
What did they start?
A
A 3-century stretch of raiding and settling European and Mediterranean Coasts
3
Q
What did they use to sail?
A
Light and shallow Longships
4
Q
Where did they sail?
A
Estuaries and rivers
5
Q
Who were their targets?
A
Religious (Mostly Christian) sites and monasteries
6
Q
Where/when did they temporarily settle?
A
Vinland (Around 1000 CE)
7
Q
Where did they permanently settle?
A
Iceland and greenland
8
Q
What did they help establish and develop?
A
Growing trade networks and trade cities and Mediterranean beginning
9
Q
Such as __
A
Novorgod (Northern Europe)
