The Mighty Vikings

              The Mighty Vikings
Do you know who were the vikings?
They were germanic Norse seafarers,speaking the old norse languge,who raided and traded by their Scandinavian homelands across wide areas of northern and central Europe.As well as European Russia during the late 8th to late 11th centuries.The term is also commonly extended in modern english ando other vernaculars to the inhabitants of viking home communities during what has become known as the Viking Age.This period of norse military ,mercantile and demographic expantion constitutes an important element in the early medieval history of Scandinavia,The British Isles, Ireland, France, Kievan ruce and Sicily.
 
The vikings believed in many gods like:Odin the chief god,he was also the father of Thor), Balder, Hoder, Tyr, Bragi, Heimdall, Ull, Vidar, Hermod and Vali.

Vikings travelled and raided places with a ship called :longships.They consisted of planks of oak wood joined together.These overlapped each other who made the ship stronger.A viking ship might have a large,square sail made of woven wool.