Countries That Were Raided Or Settled By The Vikings Based On Modern Borders - Brilliant Maps
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While we tend to think of the Vikings as being based in and around Scandinavia, their activities took them a lot far further afield than that. The map above shows just how far.
In the 11th century, they became the first Europeans to attempt to settle in the Americas, beating Columbus by 500 years.
Their swords may have used used steel imported from modern day Afghanistan. And in the 9th century, they raided Constantinople, right at the heart of the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire.
