1. Long ships have dragon heads at the end. Click here to view.

2. Vikings were also known as the Norsemen. Many Vikings were great travellers and sailed all over Europe and the Atlantic Ocean in their long ships. Some Vikings fished for food.

3. The children did a lot of work. Around the year 800 the Vikings began to travel from their homes. The Vikings had a lot of children. If you were a Saxon living in England in 871. They were fed up of being raided by Vikings.

4. About the year 800, bands of fierce raiders began to attack our coasts. The Vikings were also farmers, fishermen, trappers and traders. Norsemen means 'people from the North ' Most Vikings who sailed overseas were simply searching for better land for their farms.

5. Thor was one of their gods. Most Vikings sailed overseas. Norway was very hilly The Vikings also attacked settlements along the coasts and rivers of Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and France

6. Frayer was one of their gods. Loki was one of their gods. Sif was a god. We can tell where the Vikings settled by place names of towns and villages today. They raided farms for land.

7. The great Viking Army from Denmark Invaded England. The Vikings did not want to die while sleeping because they thought they wouldn’t go to heaven. The area eventually settled by Vikings was called the Danelaw.