12 Important facts about the Vikings

1. They started raiding because of an mini ice age (they had no food and drink)
2. Their homeland was an area made mostly of forests and long, rugged coastlines (so they were good saved against attacks)
3. The vikings built ships which were small enough to sail in small bays and quick and compact enough to swim with them up a river
4. The vikings were as successful in trades as the Phoenicians
5. Family life was for the vikings very important and most households had between 20 and 30 members
6. Berserkers were crazy people who ran into the line and helped the vikings to break it and attack other people
7. The vikings believed in most of the germans gods
8. There gods are all riding and warrior gods, which helped them in battle
9. Vikings mostly fought as a family which made them much more powerful
10. The vikings raideed areas from east europe to northern America, the baltic sea, Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia
11. The stole goods, destroyed homes, churches and killed or enslaved people they captured
12. The viking empire ended, because they got christians and had to stop raiding.