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All About: Venturesome Vikings
All About: Venturesome Vikings
All About: Venturesome Vikings
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This book, filled with amazing facts and photographs, describes what life was like for the Vikings. It gives an in-depth account of all aspects of life and people of the time - including sections about Food, Farming, Clothes, Viking Voyages, Invasions, Viking Ships, Viking Religion and Gods as well as much more.

The ‘All About’ series is an educational collection of books from P S Quick, and is targeted to interest 7 to 11 year olds - but will fascinate readers of all ages. At the end of each book there is a quiz section for the reader, featuring 150 questions and answers.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAUK Academic
Release dateMar 5, 2015
ISBN9781783337682
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    All About - P S Quick

    Title Page

    ALL ABOUT

    VENTURESOME VIKINGS

    P S Quick

    Publisher Information

    Published in 2014 by

    Andrews UK Limited

    www.andrewsuk.com

    The right of P S Quick to be identified as the Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998

    Copyright © 2014 P S Quick

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    This book, filled with amazing facts and photographs, describes what life was like for the Vikings. It gives an in-depth account of all aspects of life and people of the time - including sections about food, farming, clothes, Viking voyages, invasions, Viking ships, Viking religion and gods as well as much more.

    The All About series is an educational collection of books from P S Quick, and is targeted to interest seven to eleven year olds - but will fascinate readers of all ages. At the end of each book there is a quiz section for the reader, featuring 150 questions and answers.

    Introduction

    The Vikings, also known as Norsemen, lived over a thousand years ago and were originally farmers, fishermen, hunters and traders. They came from the Scandinavian countries of Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

    There was little land in Scandinavia suitable for farming and crops could only be grown for a small part of the year due to the cold. The Scandinavian lands were covered by high mountains and thick forests with little flat land and a sandy soil that was not fertile. As the population in these countries grew they could not produce enough food to feed their people.

    The Vikings were brave sailors who searched for better lands to farm. However, many of them were tempted by things they saw in other lands. Their ships were built in such a way that they could attack the people who lived there, steal their belongings and make a hasty escape.

    Although some of the early journeys the Vikings made were to steal treasures and even take people as slaves there were many other Vikings who were peaceful traders. They colonized the lands they had once attacked and settled there. They traded their own furs, honey, whale oil and weapons for such things as spices, wine, silk, glass and silver.

    Viking Voyages

    The Vikings were the best shipbuilders of their time and sailed great distances. Because the eldest son was the only one who could inherit his father’s land the younger brothers began travelling to other countries, hoping to make their fortunes trading goods or finding new lands where they could settle and farm. Many were willing to risk their lives on these long dangerous journeys in the hope of making a better life.

    Viking sailing routes

    By the eighth century the Vikings had begun to invade countries across Europe. They attacked the Atlantic coast of southern France and eastern England as well as sailing south to the Mediterranean Sea and attacking Sicily and southern Italy.

    Monks recorded the Vikings invading the monasteries along the coast of Britain in 793 AD. The monasteries were isolated and held silver, along with many other treasures, so

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