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Vikings

PAST WAY OF LIFE

Life in the past was characterized with lots of battles between rival territories . This resulted to the rise of powerful empires and the measure of power during those days was through the number of wars fought . Warriors of those days were called Vikings . Erik the red is one of the renowned warriors of those days . He was born in Norway and participated in wars for his mother country . A Viking also denotes a pirate , merchant or explorer . These Norsemen normally used long ships to travel in the sea

to all the places of their interest and used the same vessels to fight their enemies . The Vikings are traced to have originated in the early 17th century in the German territory . The initiator of Vikings in the Iceland is Erik the red . He lived all his life ruling his people after which his son picked the mantle from him (Gwyn , J . 2000

Erik the red left a legacy during his time because he is known as the founder of the Greenland territory . He was an explorer for a long time and moved with his people to many places in the sea . After having been exiled for three years from his native home in the Iceland , Erik decided to explore the neighboring regions in the sea and finally came across the green land . His sets of Vikings were mainly explorers but they had to fight some ballets whenever they met opposition . The team led by Erik sailed further...

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