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late in the 8th century they arrived from the freezing seas of the North to take the world by storm for the next 300 years they ravaged the civilized nations nothing could stop them not the Seas not the dread of the unknown not the rulers of Europe the Vikings explorers settlers and traders Vikings struck out in search of plunder and legitimate wealth from the shores of North America to the markets of Baghdad they threw open the borders to social political and economic change and then they vanished 1200 years ago the Vikings exploded out of a cold North Sea like beasts unleashed on an unsuspecting world they came from the land of fjords a land hard to farm and bitter clan rivalries modern-day scandinavia they left behind legends of their violence and courage sagas of exploration and conquest along with treasures buried in their Scandinavian homeland in 1818 norwegian archaeologists made