Viking

Vikings were seafaring people from Scandinavia who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa, and North America, and had a profound impact on the early medieval history of northern and Eastern Europe. They established Norse settlements and governments in the British Isles, Iceland, Greenland, Normandy, and the Baltic coast, and were known as Varangians in Eastern Europe. Vikings were expert sailors and navigators who spoke Old Norse, made inscriptions in runes, and followed the Old Norse religion before becoming Christians, and were skilled farmers, fishermen, craftsmen, and traders.learn more on wikipedia