were died means was believed were could visited traded
The
Vikings
famous
for
sailing
huge
distances
from
their
home
in
Scandinavia
between
AD
800
and
1066
to
raid
and
plunder
,
but
they
also
with
people
from
other
countries
.
The
name
?
Viking
?
a
pirate
raid'
in
the
Old
Norse
language
.
Around
500
years
before
Christopher
Columbus
?
discovered'
the
American
continent
,
Vikings
its
shores
,
landing
in
what
is
now
Canada
in
around
AD
1000
.
Vikings
in
Thor
,
the
god
of
thunder
,
and
Loki
,
a
cheeky
mischief
-
maker
who
shape
-
shift
to
become
all
different
kinds
of
animals
.
What
a
beast
!
The
Vikings
expert
boat
builders
and
sailors
.
When
important
Viking
,
he
placed
with
all
their
clothes
,
jewellery
,
even
their
animals
,
in
a
burial
ship
.