Viking Age Scandinavia

The Vikings (793-1066 AD) ranged from Newfoundland to Constantinople, founding Dublin (841 AD), settling Iceland and Greenland, establishing trade routes from Norway to Baghdad, and founding the Kievan Rus — the political predecessor of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. Their longship technology was the most advanced maritime engineering of the early medieval period, and their influence on English (hundreds of common words), Russian, and French history has been consistently underestimated.