Vikings - ALL Questions and Answers New Update with complete solution
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Vikings - ALL Questions and Answers New Update with complete solution
How many percent of the population in Scandinavia in the Viking Age can rightfully be designated "Vikings"?
10%
When did the Viking Age begin according to standard Anglo-Scandinavian scholarship?
793 with attack on a monast...
Vikings - ALL Questions and Answers New Update with
complete solution
How many percent of the population in Scandinavia in the Viking Age can
rightfully be designated "Vikings"?
10%
When did the Viking Age begin according to standard Anglo-Scandinavian
scholarship?
793 with attack on a monastery in Landisfarne
What do we call the influence from the south that brought Christianity, new
societal organizations and new systems of government?
Roman Influance
What do we call the method for dating archaeological finds that is based on
tree-rings?
Dendrochronology
What is a bracteate?
A gold medallion
There are 4 zones of influence in continental Europe, which have impact on the
Viking Age in Scandinavia. Which one is zone 3?
Saxony
Which Scandinavian king ruled over England?
Cnut the great
What is a "wic" also known as an emporium?
An early trade port in western Europe
When did Haraldr blue-tooth erect the Jelling stone?
965 AD
What is a Trelleborg?
A ring-fort
What are the Svear?
A Swedish Tribe
What was the maximum percentage of the Scandinavian population living in
towns in the Viking Age?
1-2%
Which town is probably the oldest in Scandinavia?
Rebe
Where is Birka located in Scandinavia?
Sweden
What is Vestlandet?
Haraldr fine-hair's old power base
Where did Haraldr fine-hair have his primary rivals when he was assembling
Norway?
More and Trondelag
What do we call the family unit in the Viking Age?
An ego-centered family unit
What kind of person was buried in the Fyrkat 4 grave?
A volva
Who described the Rus on the Volga river?
Ibn Fadlan
Which Rus leader lost his head and ended up as a Pescheneg drinking cup?
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