A Speech on Vikings
In the year AD 789, three strange ships arrived at Portland on the southern coast of England and Beaduheard, the reeve of the King of Wessex, rode out to meet them. He took with him only a small group of men under the mistaken impression that the strangers were traders…and they killed him.This was the first reported documentation of the Vikings. The Vikings went on all over the known and unknown world claiming land as theirs and raiding many countries. They discovered and settled Greenland and parts of modern Canada. They conquered countries such as Ireland and England. They also established Russia and cities such as Kiev and Dublin. But behind the terror that they possessed, the Vikings were civilized. Many words in our language are derived from the Vikings, they established one of the first democracies, and they traded all around the world. Even in modern times theirs a football team named after them and a comic strip all about a Viking named Hagar and his family. To start off I’ll talk about what they are most known for, raiding. Viking raids came by total surprise. Using quick and maneuverable longships, they would land ashore and go straight to the churches. There they would kill whom they saw and steal the gold and go
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Approximate Word count = 1383
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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