Vikingos Flashcards

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I do not know where they are taking us but keep quiet, okqy

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No sé a dónde nos llevan pero guarda silencio, ¿de acuerdo?

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As you would know, the Vikings were warriors and explorers from Scandinavia.

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Como sabrás, los vikingos eran unos guerreros y exploradores de Escandinavia.

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The Vikings were famous around the year 800 of the Common Era, during the Middle Ages.

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Los vikingos fueron famosos alrededor del año 800 de la Era Común, durante la Edad Media.

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Out of nowhere, they began to make bloody and destructive attacks on monasteries and towns in Northern Europe.

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De la nada empezaron a hacer ataques sanguinarios y destructivos a monasterios y pueblos en Europa del Norte.

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The next 250 years are known as the Viking Era.

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A los siguientes 250 años se les conoce como la Era Vikinga.

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People lived with a constant fear of their attacks, which were frequent.

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Los personas vivían con un miedo constante a sus ataques, los cuales eran frecuentes.

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During the 9th and 10th century, the vikings captured a great part (piece) of land in the East of England.

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Durante los siglos IX y X, los vikingos capturaron un gran pedazo de tierra del Este de Inglaterra.

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In France, they became a headache so bit that the king simple ceded them the region of Normandy.

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En Francia, se convirtieron en un dolor de cabeza tan grande que el Rey simplemente les cedió la región de Normandía.

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Other Vikings ended up settling in Iceland, Russia, Italia and launching attacks on places as far as the Middle East.

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Otros vikingos terminaron asentándose en Islandia, Rusia, Ucrania y Italia y lanzando ataques a lugares tan lejanos como el Medio Oriente.

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This helped them establish great commercial routes which connected the Mediterranean with the north of Europe.

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Esto los ayudó a establecer grandes rutas comerciales que conectaban el Mediterráneo con el norte de Europa.

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They even tried to take over Constantinople, in what is now Turkey.

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Incluso, trataron de apoderarse de Constantinopla, en lo que actualmente es Turquía.

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Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine Empire and one of the larges and most important cities of the medieval world.

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Constantinopla era la capital del Imperio Bizantino y una de las ciudades más grandes e importantes del mundo medieval.

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Although they failed, the Byzantine emperor was so impressed that he paid them to join an elite force called the Guardia Varega.

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Aunque fracasaron, el emperador bizantino estaba tan impresionado que les pagó para que se unieran a una fuerza de élite llamada la Guardia Varega.

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Meanwhile, the Vikings led by Erik the Red and his son Leif Erikson established settlements in Greenland and Canada.

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Mientras tanto, los vikingos liderados por Erik el Rojo y su hijo Leif Eriksson establecieron asentamientos en Groenlandia y Canadá.

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Most of the Vikings did not come from noble or rich backgrounds, such that robing was an easy way to improve their life style.

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La mayoría de los vikingos no tenían antecedentes nobles o ricos, así que el robar era una forma fácil para mejorar su estilo de vida.

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They gave a lot of importance to the weight of the law, that all persons, including the kings, had to obey.

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Le dieron mucha importancia al peso de la ley, que todas las personas, incluso los reyes, tenían que obedecer.

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Of course, the women had more rights in the viking society than in any other medieval european society.

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Por cierto, las mujeres tenían más derechos en la sociedad vikinga que en cualquier otra sociedad medieval europea.

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Yes, that is so, the Viking Era ended in the 11th century. The european kings began to form bigger armies that could stand up to the nordic invasions.

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Sí, así es, la Era Vikinga terminó en el siglo XI. Los reyes europeos empezaron a formar ejércitos más grandes que podían enfrentar a las invasiones nórdicas.