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The Vikings

Ok.Let's discuss another ancient people called the Vikings.Many people think about horned-helmeted how much raiders,farmers and settlers when they discuss Vikings.As a matter of fact,Vikings were more than that.They also had a religion,mainly Christianity,they valued family,were konwn as great warriors and traded with many countries.For the purposes of our discussion,we are going to concentrate on the trade aspect of the Vikings.The Vikings knew the piracy served a limited purpose by providing only an irregular income,and at the same time realized that trade could provide a more regular means for providing wealth.This strong belief in trade led many of the XX Vikings to trading goods,rather than raiding villages and stealing what they wanted.They set up their trading spots in places like fishing campus or small trading stations in both seasonal markets and densly settled towns.In some cases,These trading spots were the beginnings of larger towns which the flourish during the Viking Age and were located in northwest,northern and easthern Europe.More commonly called XX.Believe it or not,some of these towns still exist today.And in some cases have grown into cities.Some of the abandoned Viking Age towns and marketplaces have recently been excavated and numerous goods have been discovered.These discoveries including remains of glass and pottery and beads,possibly from Asia.Some of what was left of the trade industries were also discovered such as the remnents of everyday and luxury objects of glass,bone,anglar,wood,iron,broze and precious metals.