Vikings powerpoint matt and steve
- 1. VIKINGS INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER SOCIETIES Matt and Steve
- 2. WHAT SETTLEMENTS DID THE VIKINGS VISIT? • The Vikings travelled to many places in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans. The most significant of these be • Scotland • Ireland • Iceland • Greenland • and England
- 3. HOW DID VIKINGS INTERACT WITH SETTLEMENTS? The Vikings had many ways of dealing with different settlements, mostly either raiding or trading Fear of raiding from Vikings could cause these trades to occur Eg. Raiding that first occurred in a settlement in west Europe shocked nearby villages, causing them to peacefully give away their loot to avoid harm and destruction. Vikings mostly chose to raid villages that held a vast amount of loot.
- 4. RAID OR TRADE??? Vikings often offered a negotiation when dealing with a settlement, if the town did not agree to their demands would raid and sack the whole village. The Norse people believed that theft was dishonourable, whereas raiding was considered a challenge to a fight, were the victor to retain all the spoils The Vikings believed that the raids were a normal and desirable consequence of the pressures on a growing society and of the religious beliefs of the time.
- 5. WHAT WERE THE AFFECTS OF THESE INTERACTIONS? Raided villages were often left with homes and buildings damaged or destroyed. The numerous Viking raids in Europe left a strain on their economy, massively impacting living conditions Civilians were often captured and sold into slavery. A number of words across Europe have Scandinavian origins.
- 6. BIBLIOGRAPHY • Tim Lambert. A History of Vikings and Their Daily Life http://www.localhistories.org/viking.html • Skwirk. The Impact of Vikings and Their Legacy http://www.skwirk.com/p-c_s-14_u-175_t-474_c- 1728/the-impact-of-the-vikings-and-their-legacy/nsw/the-impact-of-the-vikings-and-their- legacy/medieval-and-early-modern-societies-vikings/the-viking-life • William Short. Viking Raids. http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/society/text/raids.htm • Don, Keko. Impact of Viking Raids. http://www.examiner.com/article/impact-of-the-viking-raids