How They Did It - Growing Up Viking DOCUMENTARY

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A history documentary on what it was like to grow up Viking. Get Surfshark VPN at https://Surfshark.deals/invicta and enter promo code INVICTA for 83% off and 3 extra months for free! In this history documentary we explore the world of the ancient Viking Age from the perspective of a child. This is a topic that all too often gets overlooked when talking about the military history of the vikings or that gets cartoonized in films such as how to train your dragon. We begin with an overview of the viking world of Scandinavia by looking at its geography and ethnography. This is a land shaped by the Ice Age with many fjords, valleys, lakes, and islands with cold winters and mild summers. This environment played a large part in shaping the viking civilization of medieval scandinavia. What we find is a general lack of centralization with most people living out in small farm-based communities. These viking village groups were composed of longhouses with additional outbuildings and facilities surrounded by a wall. Roads and waterways would connect them to the world beyond but for the most part they remained highly independent. At the start of the viking age it would only be the kingdom of Denmark which was unified to large degree with the regions of Sweden and Norway only doing so by the end of the Viking age. We then talk about Viking society which was broken down into groups of jarls, karls, and thralls. Its into this mix that viking children would be born. The history documentary

Published 2020-11-05 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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