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    Facts never got in the way of a good Viking legend

    by Terry W. Hartle Jan 11, 2024 2 minutes

    Viking traders and warriors roamed the globe from Central Asia to the Mediterranean to North America for several hundred years, from A.D. 800 to 1066. They hailed from present-day Norway, Denmark, and Sweden and used oceans and rivers to raid, conquer, and trade. 

    Historians have long concurred that these explorers made their way to North America but there is no agreement about

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