How Did Geography Affect The Viking Society

HOW DID GEOGRAPHY EFFECT THE VIKING SOCIETY?

The Viking society was shaped by geography to an immense extent by many major topics and points such as, the clothing the Vikings wore in everyday life, the way they lived and there housing, and all of the natural recourses that surrounded them at their particular location, whether it be in Norway, Sweden or Denmark.

Many people today still believe that the Vikings wore several thick layers of clothing throughout the entire year to keep themselves warm, because in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark there are only winter temperatures even during the warmer seasons. This is a false fact and a myth because in some places like Sweden, there is dry land where no snow or rain has fallen on it for decades. (1)

Some Vikings that were on offensive majority of the time would use some natural recourses such as strong and sturdy wood to create weapons that could pierce through the defensive side. (4) They would also use some other materials such as stone to build houses or huts, but this particular recourse would be only for the wealthy because it was such a valuable item at the time. Nowadays majority of the people who live in places such as Denmark, Norway or Sweden would easily be able to afford these things as if they were air. Other than just the construction of housing there was also other times that nature was useful. One of these things were the crops and farming. Not only was it the obvious things that you could visually see above ground such as wood, stone, metal, copper etc. but geography also immensely changed the Viking times with the soil. This will also link together with the location and climate easily because the rainfall and sun can change the soil in the ground. When the sun is out the ground will obviously get drier and when it starts to rain the soil will become damp. When the ground is like this it will easily change the way that the crops would grow. When the Vikings were around there were a lot less resources that are available as there are in today's time.