Viking Age

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era of Scandinavian history historical period

The Viking Age was a period from the late 8th to the 11th century marked by Scandinavian seafaring expansion, raids, trade, and settlement across wide areas of Europe and beyond.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	era of Scandinavian history → historical period →
characterizedBy	Scandinavian seafaring expansion → colonization → cultural exchange → long-distance maritime travel → raiding → shipbuilding advances → trading →
chronologicalPosition	late European early Middle Ages →
culturalImpact	Norse influence on English vocabulary → Norse influence on Irish culture → Norse influence on Russian state formation → Norse influence on Scottish culture → Norse place names in the British Isles → spread of Old Norse language →
documentedIn	Anglo-Saxon Chronicle → Byzantine sources → Frankish annals → Icelandic sagas →
economicActivity	fur trade → iron trade → silver trade → slave trade → timber trade →
endCause	Christianization of Scandinavia → consolidation of Christian monarchies in Scandinavia → decline of large-scale raiding → integration of Vikings into European feudal structures → military reforms in target regions →
endTime	11th century →
followedBy	High Middle Ages in Scandinavia →
hasCause	climatic and environmental pressures → economic motives for trade and plunder → political consolidation in Scandinavia → population growth in Scandinavia → technological advances in shipbuilding →
hasPart	Viking exploration → Viking raids → Viking settlement → Viking trade →
influenced	medieval European trade networks → political development in England → political development in France → political development in Ireland → political development in Kievan Rus' → urbanization in Scandinavia →
knownFor	Varangian service in Byzantium → establishment of trade routes to the Middle East → exploration of the North Atlantic → founding of towns such as York and Dublin → raids on monasteries and coastal settlements →
mainRegion	Denmark → Norway → Scandinavia → Sweden →
notableEvent	Battle of Stamford Bridge → Danish conquest of England → Norse voyages to North America → establishment of the Duchy of Normandy → formation of the Danelaw → founding of Dublin by Vikings → raid on Lindisfarne → settlement of Greenland → settlement of Iceland → siege of Paris (845) →
participants	Anglo-Saxons → Arab Caliphates → Byzantine Empire → Celts → Danes → Franks → Norsemen → Norwegians → Slavs → Swedes →
precededBy	Germanic Iron Age →
religiousContext	Christianization of Scandinavia → Norse paganism →
startTime	late 8th century →
technologicalFeature	knarr (cargo ship) → longship →

Referenced by (40)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Brattahlid → Christianization of Scandinavia → Eastern Settlement → Norse → Old East Norse → Old Norse morphology ("Viking Age and medieval Scandinavia") →	timePeriod
Brattahlid ("Viking Age Norse world") → Danish conquest of England → Greenlandic Norse ("Viking Age expansion") → Norse voyages to North America →	partOf
Aesir ("Viking Age Scandinavia") → Freyja → Freyr → Njord →	worshipPeriod
Battle of Stamford Bridge → Norse ("Viking culture") →	associatedWith
Harold Bluetooth → Old Gutnish →	era
Gotland → Nordic countries →	hasHistoricalPeriod
Gutes → siege of Paris (845) →	historicalPeriod
Germanic Iron Age →	followedBy
Northern Europe →	hasHistoricalInfluenceFrom
York →	hasHistoricPeriod
Normans ("Vikings") →	hasOrigin
Early Middle Ages →	hasPart
Old Norse phonology →	hasTimePeriod
Viking Ship Museum →	heritage
Swedes →	historicalEraOfProminence
Icelanders →	historicalOriginPeriod
Middle Ages →	includesEvent
Germanic Iron Age →	influenced
Runic alphabet ("Viking Age Scandinavia") →	notableRegionOfUse
Christianization of Scandinavia →	relatedConcept
Norse mythology ("Vikings") →	religionOf
Norse ("Vikings") →	spokenBy
Heimskringla →	timePeriodCovered
Viking ship →	usedDuring
Norse →	usedIn