The Vikings were a group of Germanic sea dwellers who traded with and raided towns all across Europe out of their Scandinavian homeland. During the late 8th to 11th centuries they ruled all of Europe through their barbaric ways. Even other cultures outside of Europe saw the barbaric ways in which the Vikings acted towards the villages that they encountered. One such case of this was a Muslim Chronicler, Ibn Fadlan, recounting of the Vikings as “[T]he filthiest of God’s creatures.” While they were very savage in their actions, this very trait gave them the ability to be able to roam through and ravage an entire town fully unopposed and within a very miniscule timeframe.
In 793 a monastery in northern England called Lindisfarne Island was attacked, looted and destroyed by marauders from Norway. This incident was the first recorded reference to Vikings in historical documents. After this first, Viking raids continued consistently on Britain, mainland Europe and Russia over the next 50 years and before long they dominated the seas of northern Europe. By this time the Vikings had control over northern England, Ireland and parts of Russia. After 150 years of raids and looting across Europe, Viking expeditions traveled west to discover Iceland, Greenland and establish colonies on Newfoundland 600 years before any other European groups.
How was Roman culture an example of cultural diffusion at its best? I believe the Roman culture was the best example of cultural diffusion because of the massive amount of people going in and out of the country. Without this amount of people entering and exiting the country there would no diffusion. In other words, without anyone leaving and entering the country there would be no way for these traits and ideas of the Roman society to spread across the rest of the world. With all countries diffusion is very important.
The Celts originated from Central Europe on the east of of the Rhine river. Their use of iron in their weapons led them to be more vicious, stronger, and more powerful than other Germanic tribes. Their weapons facilitated their ability to beleaguer the Romans and enter the empire in the 5th century BC. The Celts entered into France and Spain from the west, but their migration was not complete. They continued on until they reached and defeated Rome.
“Happy is he who wins for himself fair fame and kindly words.” The Vikings were a group of Germanic sea dwellers who traded with and raided towns all across Europe out of their Scandinavian homeland. During the late 8th to 11th centuries they ruled all of Europe through their barbaric ways. Even other cultures outside of Europe saw the barbaric ways in which the Vikings acted towards the villages that they encountered.
The Celts: The People Who Came Out Of Darkness 'The Celts: The People Who Came Out of the Darkness ' the author Gerhard Herm tells an epic story of the Celts who attacked Rome and Greece for the possession of wealth, power and diversity. Even though, in the beginning the author spends most of his time giving more detail than he should about the Romans, Greece, and Atlantis, moreover, the story portrays how the Celts Warriors collected the heads of their enemies and regarded them as war trophies. The Celts later extended their influence to the Atlantic and the Middle East. In these regions, they brought a unique mythology and culture.
To begin with, the Ancient Roman language, Latin, is found throughout the modern English language. Latin's influence on English began in the sixth century when numerous Latin terms were incorporated into Anglo-Saxon. Towards the end of the sixth century, the spread of Christianity integrated
In the beginning of their settlement they came into Britain as Pagans but as time passed they gradually converted to Christianity. Pagans worshiped different gods each having to control a particular part in everyday life. In the later years, the pope in Rome had sent a missionary to England to persuade them to become Christians. Christianity had then become popular and spread to other parts of Britain. From then on the Anglo-Saxons worshiped only one god and everything they said and did revolved around the concept of god.
For nearly 500 years, the Romans had governed the island, and when they left, the economy, lifestyle and even protection of Britain was gone quite quickly. By 430, Germanic peoples had began to settle on the island, and by 450, a concentrated immigration was present in all aspects. Vortigern, a Briton king, invited the Angles and Saxons to come to the island to help fight against the Picts. In return for their services, gave them the island of Thanet (Nennius, History of the Britons, 31). The Saxon leaders, Hengist and Horsa, quickly began receiving more and more Saxon people and demanded to be given larger pieces of land as promised..
UThe Anglo-Saxons were a tribe of people who lived in Great Britain during the 5th century. They were warriors who had traveled all the way from northern Germany and southern Scandinavia. The Anglo-Saxon people are very well known today despite not having been around for the several, several centuries. Their people led to the spread of Christianity through eastern Europe and the establishment of seven major kingdoms. They are also well known for the code of Honor, as the Anglo-Saxons had many values that their soldiers must live by.
The Viking expansion started in 793 with the first raid and ended around 1050. The division of the geographical core area is important, because this division also separates Vikings in the way took part in the expansion Norwegians travelled west- and southwest to colonise. The Danes went southwest for their conquests and the Swedes proceeded east- and south-eastward for their raiding and trading. Raiding and trading routes Raiding and trading
Ravagers, Pirates, pagans: These words sums up the Vikings for the people who lived in europe during medieval times. Although the Vikings are seen as barbaric fighters, they brought many important technological inventions and had many achievements that made a great impact on european culture. The Vikings had great achievements in technology on a wide range of things, one of which is their weapon crafting skills. They were able to craft swords, spears, javelins, battle-axes, knives, bows, arrows, shields, and body armor with intricate designs (Lamoureux).
As the Roman Empire expanded, so did their language. The Vatican is the only nation that currently recognizes Latin as an official Language, but many languages have Roman roots. Languages that have a majority of Latin influence are called Romance Languages, due to their influence
The English language had around 50-6000 words, compared to nowadays where there are around 1,000,000 words, so writers didn’t have as much vocabulary to use as they do today. These writers wanted to express themselves more and so during this time a number of new words were created and added to the English language. Shakespeare created around 1700 words in his works. An example of a slang word he created is “Fustilarian”, which was an insult meaning a “smelly old woman”. Another example of
The vocabulary of Old English is completely different from the vocabulary of Modern English. Its all vocabulary was completely Germanic. It had some word of Celtic origin too. The research on this language has proved that 85 percent of that vocabulary has been extinct now.
