1.The Vikings were a group of people who made farms and settled in Scandinavia

and had cattle and sheep in pens living a normal life and they started there Scandinavia was made up of three places Norway Sweden and Denmark.

2.They started to think they should move to a different Island because the country was getting very crowded and if you had more than one child the eldest would inherit the farm and the others would have to find a new place to live.

3. In 793 they raided monasteries there were other raids in Scotland and Ireland.

4. The Vikings were led by chieftains there favourite weapon was the axe.

5. The Vikings were around from AD700 to 1100 that is very long time to be around for.

6 They lived in Scandinavia from there they went on long boats to England and Ireland and surrounding islands.

7.The Vikings were mainly fisherman and farmers.

8. When there food became scarce they had to move on to a different Islands.

9. They started raiding other Islands to grow more food while they were still in Scandinavia.

10. Many Vikings decided to just live peacefully in England and some wanted to fight for power.

11.One main character was Eric Blood Axe the main warrior and the last living king of jorvik

12.At 1014 King Canute steals the British crown.

13. At 871 King Ethelred, the West Saxon king, and his brother Alfred, defeat the Viking army at the Battle of Ashdown.

14.At 994 Olaf of Norway and Sven 'Fork beard', son of the Danish king, lead an invading Danish army in an unsuccessful siege of London, and subsequently ravage the south-east.