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The Viking World
From their homeland in Scandinavia, the Vikings travelled across half the world. In the east, they crossed Russia and went as far as Baghdad and Constantinople. In the west, they sailed to Iceland, Greenland, and North America, which they reached 500 years before the famous voyage made by Christopher Columbus in 1492. They founded a new nation in Iceland. They settled in Britain, Ireland, and France and had colonies in Russia. In all these places, their influence can still be seen today.

(A) SCANDINAVIA
The ancestors of the Vikings first settled in Denmark in about 8000 BC, soon after the last Ice Age. By the Viking age (about AD 800-1100) they had settled in much of Scandinavia.

(B) THE EAST
People from Sweden settled in Finland, and from there they eventually spread east as far as Russia and the Caspian Sea.

(C) SOUTHERN RAIDS
Viking raiders sailed south along the Atlantic coast to the Mediterranean. They reached Spain, North Africa, and Italy.
From their homeland in Scandinavia, the Vikings travelled across half the world
From their homeland in Scandinavia, the Vikings travelled across half the world
 
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