Vikings

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Norse peoples historical ethnic group seafaring people

Vikings were seafaring Norse peoples from Scandinavia known for their raids, exploration, trade, and settlement across wide areas of Europe and the North Atlantic during the late eighth to early eleventh centuries.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Vikings canonical	47

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Norse peoples ⓘ historical ethnic group ⓘ seafaring people ⓘ
activePeriodEnd	early 11th century ⓘ
activePeriodStart	late 8th century ⓘ
connectedTo	Kyivan Rus ⓘ surface form: Kievan Rus' Normans ⓘ
culturalImpact	Scandinavian diaspora ⓘ loanwords in English ⓘ place names in Britain ⓘ
culturalProduct	runestones ⓘ sagas ⓘ
defensiveEquipment	helmet ⓘ mail armor ⓘ shield ⓘ
deityWorshipped	Freyja ⓘ Odin ⓘ Thor ⓘ
economy	agriculture ⓘ animal husbandry ⓘ craft production ⓘ
ethnicity	Norse ⓘ
exploredRegion	Greenland ⓘ Iceland ⓘ North America ⓘ North Atlantic area ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic
historicalSource	The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Arab travel accounts ⓘ Íslendingasögur ⓘ surface form: Icelandic sagas
knownFor	exploration ⓘ raids ⓘ seafaring ⓘ settlement ⓘ trade ⓘ
language	Norse ⓘ surface form: Old Norse
laterReligion	Christianity ⓘ
legalSystem	thing assemblies ⓘ
militaryTactic	hit-and-run raids ⓘ
mythology	Norse mythology ⓘ
originCountry	Denmark ⓘ Norway ⓘ Sweden ⓘ
politicalImpact	Danelaw ⓘ surface form: Danelaw in England formation of Normandy ⓘ influence on Kievan Rus' ⓘ
raidedRegion	Baltic Sea coast region ⓘ surface form: Baltic region British Isles ⓘ Carolingian Empire ⓘ surface form: Frankish Empire Iberian Peninsula ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean
region	Scandinavia ⓘ
religion	Norse paganism ⓘ
settledRegion	Danelaw ⓘ Dublin ⓘ Greenland ⓘ Iceland ⓘ Normandy ⓘ York ⓘ
socialClass	jarls ⓘ karls ⓘ thralls ⓘ
socialStructure	chieftain-led communities ⓘ
tradeNetwork	Baltic Sea ⓘ Dnieper trade route ⓘ North Sea ⓘ Volga trade route ⓘ
usedShipType	knarr ⓘ longship ⓘ
weaponUsed	axe ⓘ spear ⓘ sword ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norse sagas → associatedWith → Vikings ⓘ

Ludwigslied → mentions → Vikings ⓘ

King Alfred the Great → opponent → Vikings ⓘ

subject surface form: Alfred the Great

Scandinavians → historicallyAssociatedWith → Vikings ⓘ

Mercia → invadedBy → Vikings ⓘ

Odin → worshipPracticedBy → Vikings ⓘ

Viking ship → usedBy → Vikings ⓘ

Limerick → foundedBy → Vikings ⓘ

siege of Paris (845) → belligerent → Vikings ⓘ

siege of Paris (845) → attacker → Vikings ⓘ

Norman → hasOrigin → Vikings ⓘ

subject surface form: Normans

Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu → belligerent → Vikings ⓘ

Everett High School → hasMascot → Vikings ⓘ

medieval Duchy of Normandy → ethnicOrigin → Vikings ⓘ

subject surface form: Duchy of Normandy

Battle of Ashdown → belligerent → Vikings ⓘ

Battle of Ashdown → hasCasualties → Vikings ⓘ

Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte → involvedEthnicGroup → Vikings ⓘ

L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site → significantCulture → Vikings ⓘ

William Fremd High School → mascot → Vikings ⓘ

Britons of Strathclyde → conflictWith → Vikings ⓘ

Kings of the Picts → conflictWith → Vikings ⓘ

Vikes → derivesFrom → Vikings ⓘ

English people → ancestralGroups → Vikings ⓘ

Lindisfarne Priory → attackedBy → Vikings ⓘ

Saint Alfege → capturedBy → Vikings ⓘ

The Viking Saga → narrativeFocus → Vikings ⓘ

King of Brittany → conflictsWith → Vikings ⓘ

Amlaíb → associatedWith → Vikings ⓘ

Waterford → foundedBy → Vikings ⓘ

Duchy of Normandy → ethnicGroup → Vikings ⓘ

Wexford → foundedBy → Vikings ⓘ

Michael Hirst → created → Vikings ⓘ

Norse culture → associatedWith → Vikings ⓘ

Annales Cambriae → mentions → Vikings ⓘ

Parc Astérix (theme park) → theme → Vikings ⓘ

subject surface form: Parc Astérix

Shawnee Mission West High School → mascot → Vikings ⓘ

Áss (god) → worshippedBy → Vikings ⓘ

subject surface form: Áss

later Viking siege of Paris (885–886) → participant → Vikings ⓘ

Vinland → exploredBy → Vikings ⓘ

Markland → exploredBy → Vikings ⓘ

North Germanic peoples → historicallyAssociatedWith → Vikings ⓘ

Viks → shortFormOf → Vikings ⓘ

Dnieper trade route → usedBy → Vikings ⓘ

Dane → historicallyAssociatedWith → Vikings ⓘ

Dumbarton Castle → associatedWith → Vikings ⓘ

Dumbarton Castle → attackedBy → Vikings ⓘ

Spam sketch → featuresCharacter → Vikings ⓘ