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    The Vikings
    The Vikings
    The Vikings
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    The Vikings

    By Louise Spilsbury

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    Visit the vicious Vikings and find out how these fearsome warriors lived! Learn about Viking loot and terrorizing raids. Discover the Viking gods and the mysteries of their afterlife. Read amazing Viking stories, find out about deadly blood feuds, and learn what would happen to you if you became a Viking slave as you hunt down the secrets of the dead!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateMay 1, 2019
    ISBN9781496644565
    The Vikings
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    Louise Spilsbury

    Louise Spilsbury is an experienced author of nonfiction books for young people. Her writing covers a wide range of topics from animals and science to history and social studies.

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      Book preview

      The Vikings - Louise Spilsbury

      History Hunters: The Vikings by Louise Spilsbury

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      COVER

      TITLE PAGE

      INTRODUCTION

      THE VIKINGS

      DIGGING UP THE PAST

      GRUESOME GODS AND LUCKY CHARMS

      FIERY FUNERALS AND SCARY SACRIFICES

      SENSATIONAL SHIPS AND DRAGON HEADS

      LONG VOYAGES AND TERRIFYING RAIDS

      FIERCE WARRIORS AND DEADLY WEAPONS

      POWERFUL KINGS AND SUFFERING SLAVES

      TRADING GOODS AND STEALING SILVER

      CLOSE FAMILIES AND BLOOD FEUDS

      LONGHOUSES AND STALE STEWS

      VIKING JEWELRY AND SCRATCHY TUNICS

      MAGIC RUNES AND COLORFUL SAGAS

      GLOSSARY

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      INDEX

      COPYRIGHT

      BACK COVER

      Through the book you will find Deadly Secrets that show an historical object. Use the clues and the hint to figure out what the object is or what it was used for. Then check the answer to see if you are right.

      THE VIKINGS

      The Vikings came from an area in northern Europe known as Scandinavia. Early Vikings were peaceful people. They were farmers and fishermen, living off the land and the cold waters of their home.

      In CE 700, when they could no longer survive on their own land, they set off in ships to search for new lands in which to live. They became explorers, and fierce, plundering warriors. They terrified people and killed those who stood in their way. Eric Bloodaxe, Ivar the Boneless, Ragnar Shaggy-Trousers, and Thorstein the Black are some of history’s most famous Vikings.

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      The Vikings came from the countries we now call Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

      Running Amok Among the Monks

      The Vikings’ first successful raid was in CE 793, when they attacked the Christian monastery at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, in northern England. Monks were easy targets. They had no weapons and they

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