• The Vikings lived from Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Vikings are explorers, warriors and merchants .

• Their name probably means ``pirate´´

• Vikings were farmers. They planted vegetables, and pigs and chikens.

• The vikings were great artisans .They made beautiful objects.

• ODIN: Odin is the chief of the gods. He was the son of the frost giant Bor and the giantess Bestla. Odin, his wife Freya live in Asgard.

• THOR: Thor was the personification of thunder and the principal war god. He was armed with a hammer .

• FREYA: Freya was the goddess of beauty and love. Friday is named after her, Freitag in German.

• Yggdrasil: Yggdrasil was the "World tree", a gigantic tree, thought to hold all of the different worlds.

• Valhalla: The most beautiful mansion in Asgard.

• The raiders invaded large areas of Britain, Ireland, France and Italy.

• For over 300 years, Viking raiders terrorized the people of Europe.

• Daring adventurers and traders sailed over seas and up rivers.

• Eric the Red explored Greenland. His son, Leif Ericson he explored America.

• The Vikings settlers discovered and conquered lands.

• In northern (north) France, the Vikings were called Normans.

• In eastern (east) Europe, the Vikings were called Rus.

• The areas where they lived the Vikings as Normandy and Russia.

• Some Vikings settled in Iceland and Greenland.• Others Vikings went to live in America, but

Native Americans attacked their homes and they went to Greenland.

• Viking merchants the object in Europe.

• The Vikings sold swords, fur and ivory.

• The Vikings bought beautiful object made from gold and silver.