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  2. Viking raids in the Rhineland - Wikipedia

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    Afterwards, some of the Vikings went down the Moselle with their booty to Koblenz, while the rest marched on Metz. The Vikings advancing to Metz were met on 11 April 882 by an army led by the Bishop of Metz, Wala, the Archbishop of Trier, Bertulf, and Count Adalhard II of Metz in the Battle of Remich. The battle was won by the invaders and ...

  3. Viking expansion - Wikipedia

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    Viking expansion was the historical movement which led Norse explorers, traders and warriors, the latter known in modern scholarship as Vikings, to sail most of the North Atlantic, reaching south as far as North Africa and east as far as Russia, and through the Mediterranean as far as Constantinople and the Middle East, acting as looters, traders, colonists and mercenaries.

  4. Viking Age - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 December 2024. Period of European history (about 800–1050) Viking Age picture stone, Gotland, Sweden. Part of a series on Scandinavia Countries Denmark Finland Iceland Norway Sweden History History by country Åland Denmark Faroe Islands Finland Greenland Iceland Norway Scotland Sweden Chronological ...

  5. Vikings - Wikipedia

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    Vikings have served as an inspiration for numerous video games, such as The Lost Vikings (1993), Age of Mythology (2002), and For Honor (2017). [251] All three Vikings from The Lost Vikings series—Erik the Swift, Baleog the Fierce, and Olaf the Stout—appeared as a playable hero in the crossover title Heroes of the Storm (2015). [252]

  6. Viking raid warfare and tactics - Wikipedia

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    Vikings, according to Clare Downham in Viking Kings of Britain and Ireland, are "people of Scandinavian culture who were active outside Scandinavia ... Danes, Norwegians, Swedish, Hiberno-Scandinavians, Anglo-Scandinavians, or the inhabitants of any Scandinavian colony who affiliated themselves more strongly with the culture of the colonizer than with that of the indigenous population."

  7. Rus' people - Wikipedia

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    [26] [27] It was the time of rapid expansion of the Vikings' presence in Northern Europe; England began to pay Danegeld in 865, [28] and the Curonians faced an invasion by the Swedes around the same time. [29]

  8. Amazon's Vikings Invade Europe - AOL

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    Beginning May 24, LOVEFiLM will be the only service offering streaming video of all nine episodes of Vikings' first seasonto viewers in the U.K. and Germany. (Season 2 is scheduled to arrive in 2014).

  9. List of wars involving Denmark - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of wars and war-like conflicts involving the modern Kingdom of Denmark and predecessor states. Danish victory Danish defeat Another result * *e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Denmark, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result.