10 things that are important about vikings

·      They lived in Scandinavia, in a part made up of forests, and long rugged coastlines.

·      Their ships were covered in black tar so they could fill the holes so they wouldn’t sink

·      They had hallow shafts so they could get threw shallow waters

·      They used the sun and stars to plot their courses

·      They were successful traders

·      They had no central government

·      In battle the would send out bezerkers to help them

·      Their gods were fighting gods so it influenced them to fight

·      Traveled down rivers to attack enemies who thought they wouldn’t be attacked

·      The Danes a group of Vikings became Christian which made them less violent