Vikings

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Norse peoples historical ethnic group seafaring people

Vikings were seafaring Norse peoples from Scandinavia known for their raids, exploration, trade, and settlement across wide areas of Europe and the North Atlantic during the late eighth to early eleventh centuries.

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Label Occurrences
Vikings canonical 47

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (71)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norse peoples ⓘ
historical ethnic group ⓘ
seafaring people ⓘ
activePeriodEnd early 11th century ⓘ
activePeriodStart late 8th century ⓘ
connectedTo Kyivan Rus ⓘ
surface form: Kievan Rus'

Normans ⓘ
culturalImpact Scandinavian diaspora ⓘ
loanwords in English ⓘ
place names in Britain ⓘ
culturalProduct runestones ⓘ
sagas ⓘ
defensiveEquipment helmet ⓘ
mail armor ⓘ
shield ⓘ
deityWorshipped Freyja ⓘ
Odin ⓘ
Thor ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
ethnicity Norse ⓘ
exploredRegion Greenland ⓘ
Iceland ⓘ
North America ⓘ
North Atlantic area ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic
historicalSource The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ
surface form: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Arab travel accounts ⓘ
Íslendingasögur ⓘ
surface form: Icelandic sagas
knownFor exploration ⓘ
raids ⓘ
seafaring ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
trade ⓘ
language Norse ⓘ
surface form: Old Norse
laterReligion Christianity ⓘ
legalSystem thing assemblies ⓘ
militaryTactic hit-and-run raids ⓘ
mythology Norse mythology ⓘ
originCountry Denmark ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
politicalImpact Danelaw ⓘ
surface form: Danelaw in England

formation of Normandy ⓘ
influence on Kievan Rus' ⓘ
raidedRegion Baltic Sea coast region ⓘ
surface form: Baltic region

British Isles ⓘ
Carolingian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Frankish Empire

Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
surface form: Mediterranean
region Scandinavia ⓘ
religion Norse paganism ⓘ
settledRegion Danelaw ⓘ
Dublin ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
Iceland ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
York ⓘ
socialClass jarls ⓘ
karls ⓘ
thralls ⓘ
socialStructure chieftain-led communities ⓘ
tradeNetwork Baltic Sea ⓘ
Dnieper trade route ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ
Volga trade route ⓘ
usedShipType knarr ⓘ
longship ⓘ
weaponUsed axe ⓘ
spear ⓘ
sword ⓘ

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Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norse sagas → associatedWith → Vikings ⓘ
Ludwigslied → mentions → Vikings ⓘ
King Alfred the Great → opponent → Vikings ⓘ
subject surface form: Alfred the Great
Scandinavians → historicallyAssociatedWith → Vikings ⓘ
Mercia → invadedBy → Vikings ⓘ
Odin → worshipPracticedBy → Vikings ⓘ
Viking ship → usedBy → Vikings ⓘ
Limerick → foundedBy → Vikings ⓘ
siege of Paris (845) → belligerent → Vikings ⓘ
siege of Paris (845) → attacker → Vikings ⓘ
Norman → hasOrigin → Vikings ⓘ
subject surface form: Normans
Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu → belligerent → Vikings ⓘ
Everett High School → hasMascot → Vikings ⓘ
medieval Duchy of Normandy → ethnicOrigin → Vikings ⓘ
subject surface form: Duchy of Normandy
Battle of Ashdown → belligerent → Vikings ⓘ
Battle of Ashdown → hasCasualties → Vikings ⓘ
Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte → involvedEthnicGroup → Vikings ⓘ
L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site → significantCulture → Vikings ⓘ
William Fremd High School → mascot → Vikings ⓘ
Britons of Strathclyde → conflictWith → Vikings ⓘ
Kings of the Picts → conflictWith → Vikings ⓘ
Vikes → derivesFrom → Vikings ⓘ
English people → ancestralGroups → Vikings ⓘ
Lindisfarne Priory → attackedBy → Vikings ⓘ
Saint Alfege → capturedBy → Vikings ⓘ
The Viking Saga → narrativeFocus → Vikings ⓘ
King of Brittany → conflictsWith → Vikings ⓘ
Amlaíb → associatedWith → Vikings ⓘ
Waterford → foundedBy → Vikings ⓘ
Duchy of Normandy → ethnicGroup → Vikings ⓘ
Wexford → foundedBy → Vikings ⓘ
Michael Hirst → created → Vikings ⓘ
Norse culture → associatedWith → Vikings ⓘ
Annales Cambriae → mentions → Vikings ⓘ
Parc Astérix (theme park) → theme → Vikings ⓘ
subject surface form: Parc Astérix
Shawnee Mission West High School → mascot → Vikings ⓘ
Áss (god) → worshippedBy → Vikings ⓘ
subject surface form: Áss
later Viking siege of Paris (885–886) → participant → Vikings ⓘ
Vinland → exploredBy → Vikings ⓘ
Markland → exploredBy → Vikings ⓘ
North Germanic peoples → historicallyAssociatedWith → Vikings ⓘ
Viks → shortFormOf → Vikings ⓘ
Dnieper trade route → usedBy → Vikings ⓘ
Dane → historicallyAssociatedWith → Vikings ⓘ
Dumbarton Castle → associatedWith → Vikings ⓘ
Dumbarton Castle → attackedBy → Vikings ⓘ
Spam sketch → featuresCharacter → Vikings ⓘ