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History says not all Vikings were the same, and where they came from mattered more than most people realize
The Viking Age conjures images of fierce warriors, longships cutting through icy waters, and raids that left their mark across Europe. But not all Vikings were the same. The groups from Norway, Sweden ...
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How Swedish Vikings Founded the Kievan Rus
Long before Ukraine was a modern nation, Viking warriors from Sweden laid the foundations of a medieval Slavic state—the Kievan Rus. Drawn east by silver from the Islamic Caliphate, these Norsemen ...
A graduate student in Sweden has been learning about Vikings through an unusual method: He’s done it by sailing like one. Archaeologist Greer Jarrett, a doctoral student at Lund University, has ...
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