Viking Age Norse

Viking Age Norse appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Scandinavia and the Baltic (Europe) from 793 to 1066 CE, a span of 273 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

Norse raiders, traders and settlers who struck Lindisfarne in 793, settled Iceland, Normandy and the Danelaw, and traded down the Russian rivers to Constantinople and Baghdad.

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Facts

Dates

793 to 1066 CE

Duration

273 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Scandinavia and the Baltic, Europe

Language family

Germanic

Came from

• Migration and Vendel periods c. 400 to 793 CE

Became

• Kingdom of Denmark c. 936 to 1397 CE
• Kingdom of Norway c. 872 to 1397 CE
• Kingdom of Sweden c. 970 to 1397 CE

Events in Europe during its time

• 793 Viking raid on Lindisfarne
• 800 Charlemagne crowned emperor
• 988 Baptism of the Rus
• 1054 East-West Schism
• 1066 Norman conquest of England

Neighbours in Europe

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE
• Kievan Rus 882 to 1240 CE
• Carolingian Empire 751 to 843 CE
• Papal States 756 to 1870 CE
• Kingdom of Scotland 843 to 1707 CE
• Republic of Genoa c. 1005 to 1797 CE
• Kingdom of Hungary 1000 to 1526 CE
• Kingdom of Norway c. 872 to 1397 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Srivijaya c. 650 to 1377 CE, Southeast Asia
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Khmer Empire 802 to 1431 CE, Southeast Asia
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America
• Abbasid Caliphate 750 to 1258 CE, Middle East
• Chola Empire 848 to 1279 CE, South Asia

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