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The Vikings are seafaring peoples from Scandinavia (modern Norway, Sweden, Denmark), active c. 750–1100 CE.
They are not a single "tribe" but diverse communities sharing language, religion, and maritime culture.
Key regions:
Environmental pressures (limited arable land, inheritance customs) help drive overseas expansion.
Viking society is stratified:
Power rests on land ownership, followers, and access to trade. Law and reputation regulate behavior as much as violence.
Vikings govern through things: public assemblies where free men debate disputes and laws.
These assemblies lay foundations for later Scandinavian parliaments.
Most Vikings are farmers, not raiders:
Women manage households, textiles, and sometimes estates, wielding significant economic authority.
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