I’m not sure how but whenever I fall asleep watching UA-cam I keep waking up to see the end of this video. I think I’ve rewatched it like 5 times already
Grateful for the excellent presentation! This series on Vikings is a treasure trove of knowledge, and I appreciate it being freely available on UA-cam. Looking forward to watching more!
Love listening to these at work and since I'm concentrating on work half the time I get to listen to these over and over and keep getting something new 😅👍
This series is quite interesting, I refreshed my knowledge and added to It . I understand the importance of Estonia’s big island, but kept waiting for mention of Latvian Vikings, specifically those that resided in the part of Latvia called Courland (Kurzeme), but it never came. Also the bay of Riga has the Daugava providing a way quite far into Russia, and it also was not mentioned. In various museums in Europe, a certain quantity of Viking artifacts come from Latvia. I hope that in a future version of your very informative series some of these omissions will betaken care of.
1:58 am. My third time watching this series since it came out and every time, I have to watch all 4 together because you’ve put it together seamlessly. Even down to the steady escalation in strength of your drinks. You son, are an excellent teacher and I’ve sent this to some of my friends. Funny thing though. I don’t think that most of them finished the first episode. I never got any feedback. Whereas, typically, there’s loads of it along with some interesting opinions. That’s how you know that you’ve laid down solid foundations for real educational information. When you get radio silence from science deniers the quiet is as loud as a hurricane. Once again. GREAT JOB SON! Keep that train a’rollin’!!! 👍
Absolutely captivating! A top-notch documentary series on the Norsemen/Vikings. Thank you for the insightful journey through history. Looking forward to future installments that might cover the fascinating stories of Latvian Vikings and their contributions.
As a Norwegian from Hafrsfjord ( important place in Norwegian Norse history) it’s insane to hear “dubbed” Norwegians and its so wonderful to see that our cultural heritage and history is interesting for others in other countries 😍
I was born and raised in California, but my family is from Gothenburg, Sweden. I am so interested in my heritage; a heritage that has been pushed out of popular culture here since many Scandinavians immigrated here in the early 1900's. The more I know about the early vikings the more I can push out my chest in pride of the blood that runs in my veins!
@@Supreme-SEF Anyone who takes that shit serious is degrading their own intelligence. So ridiculous. That's like having a show about Zulu warriors and having a Ginger in there.
Thank you so much for sharing this huge series for free! I've learned more about the Vikings on this channel more than any other source I've seen on UA-cam so far!
Yeah. Well what happened to your people? Everyone from that part of the world has become cowards. You allow your government and big businesses to rule you and destroy you. You need to go back to your viking ways.
My maternal great grand parents were rom Sweden & they told me what the "Viking Seeing Stone" is. We have them all over the place although they were much more widely used in the 1800s. Yes! One can see the whole hemisphere with it; when used properly!!!
When talking about the German swords found in Viking graves around 1:16:00, isn’t it possible that these swords weren’t given to or bought by the Vikings in Germany as that was illegal but instead the Vikings took them from the dead bodies of opposing warriors with whom they were im battle?
When I was in Oslo, I visited the Ships Museum and stood beside the Gokstad and the Oseberg. Both of them were magical. The carvings were mesmerizing. To think they were from the 9th century. Makes me wonder about the men who sailed them and all of the places they went.
@@gomnes246They raped women and murdered defenseless farmers and plundered churches. They often went after soft targets to avoid direct combat with defensive forces that could actually fight back. It wasn't all valiant and courageous.
@@sugewhitejacoby8654 "Half" of our basic words in Scandinavia ( three very similar languages ) are still (very) similar to their English counterparts, and there are many grammatical similarities as well, so learning English is fairly easy for us Scandinavians - as if we by magic already "know" a lot of the basics of English in advance and "just" need to fill in the gaps and climb a few hurdles - for instance the use of "do" and "-ing" with verbs. Check out the brilliant video from Langfocus called "Viking Influence on the English Language" to see how much the complicated and highly inflected West Germanic Old English was changed through this long lasting contact with the closely related North Germanic Old Norse in the Danelaw region in the North and the East of England. Hav en god dag [day(gh)], min [meen] frænd{e} 😉
I am a professional historian, and an old man. I CRINGE when I see the young people of this generation say such BS about there not being enough original material from history to study. In fact, it is LITERALLY like the last scene in Indiana Jones where the Ark of the Covenant was locked away in an avalanche of boxes. 95 percent of all the historical documents have NEVER BEEN READ. If you want to check this out, go to a major archive and ask them. No one knows what is in ANY of the National Archives anymore, let alone the Vatican. It is this way all over the world. The GREATEST problem by far for future generations is that no one is being taught to read script (handwriting). I can read a handwritten letter upside down at speed. Not teaching THAT is going to make future research very difficult.
When I taught my kids cursive the teacher forbade them to write it. As the other kids wouldn’t be able to read it. 😢 Stupid argument. So any extra skill is unwanted. And they can’t decipher the handwriting of the grownup generation. 😢
Cursive taught after print letters was what i wàs taught in 1950's, could be too much. Perhaps , dumming down is what is future generations. How did i write we exams? 😅
@@wesleypepple7525 25 years ago lol but yeah, I got to watch moss in person at the Pats games and that dude is easily the most talented athlete to ever play football, hands down.
what they were were master shipbulders and bold sailors...that lapstrake design is still used in lifeboats today...their ships were so flexible they almost seemed alive in the open sea...yet easily capable of traversing shallow rivers...a technological leap the world had never seen before...no wonder they were caught by surprise....
Crazy. Thanks!! I always knew bits and pieces of Viking hostory, but this is a great overview. I came here because I was actually trying to find info on the Kyiev Rus 😂
I enjoy watching these documentaries about the Norse people. They always mention Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. What about Finland? Finland is never mentioned at all!
Pretty surprising as, here in the US, ever since the Finns held off the Russians single-handedly in the Winter War, they are seen as half, “super-Viking,” half, perfect warrior….
Finns are NOT Scandinavians. They are related to Magyars, Estonians and Sami’s language family and are called Finno- Urics. The Finnish language is very different from the North Germanic Language of the Norse peoples.
This is a fantastic documentary thank you!! I studied a year in Sweden at Stockholm Universitet - political science, and I had the opportunity to travel around and see these places you talk about! Vikings have a fascinating history! I was intrigued that a thousand years ago, social arrangements were so healthy and normalized without the church, so when people got married they just exchanged Combs they had made! A wonderful culture and a very enlightened people, that always drew me to Sweden :-)
Vikings are all over the world today because of their voyages and spread their dna throughout their journey. My ancestors come from france during the fight with the vikings
Didn't France give up and offer Normandy if they would stop raiding? Then the vikings took over the UK and it was time to reproduce so their kids could crusade in the middle east as knights
2:55:20 Did those Vikings really have paragliders? Silk ones, like their expensive ships' sail? If they knew how to make them, they could have FLOWN! It's just a very smart sail, after all.
Christianity seems to have taken the edge of off everybody...Romans, Vikings...and many others...they fought when they had to though, to preserve it....
I'm not the kind of guy that likes to nitpick, but at 27:28 it says that Thor was Odin's brother... that is a huge mistake, since Thor is actually Odin's son ! Get your mythological facts right will ya! 😅
Great Video & narration. I read about the Saint Brice's day massacre many times. All I have seen is that 27 Dane skeletons were found at one archeological site... not "all the Danes in England" killed. ?
Great video. I'm aware that the Viking age was technically from 793 - 1066CE, but personally I consider the Vendel era part of the Viking age. When you consider that we now know Swedish Vikingar were raiding in Eastern Europe and Russia at least as far back as the 740s - 750s. The Danes were raiding Frisia and other places during the Vendel era. Norsemen of every kind were traveling, trading and raiding all over Europe centuries before the "Viking age".
Vikings were descendants of royal blood Dacian warriors who were defeated by Romans under Trajan’s rule in 104 AD and retreated in great number from their original ancestor land Dacia towards North Eastern Europe! Danemark was named Dacia actually during Middle Ages
@@hilti4632 where are you getting this information? The Norse were an amalgamation of Germanic tribes that inhabited northern Europe for thousands of years. There's a bog body from the Cimbrian peninsula (Jutland, Denmark) that dates to 8,000 years ago. Also, Cimbria is the ancient name for Denmark. The Dacians were a separate people from around what is today the Carpathian mountains. If you're referring to the Goths you've got it backwards. Historians think the Goths may have come from Gotland(Largest island of Sweden) or possibly even Götaland(kingdom in southern Sweden). Gotland and Götaland both mean 'Land of the Goths'.
Cool finds! To me, it looks like the front view of a tug boat on the water. Maybe tug boats gave rides and those rings were a type of souvenir? That's my guess, anyhow! Man Shwoo is very handsome, indeed! Thanks for sharing your lark, ladies! 😊
It's NEVER too late. I foughtagainst being a historian for many years.,I have now made my living as a professional historian for over four decades. A true Historian is born and not made. I wish to GOD I never listened to anyone on my final decision. Ironically, nowadays,being a Historian is a VERY lucrative job.
I've never understood how so many high school history teachers make history so boring. I didn't like history in high school, it was all dates, name and places. If you could memorize, you could get all A's, but you didn't learn much. I learned more about history in literature classes where they would teach you about the writers and what was going in the world that affected their writing.
@@lucindahumphries4702 I am a professional historian, and I am SORRY that most people experience history that way. I read original letters and diaries from eye witnesses for my living, and to me, history is a living, breathing thing. Most of real history is composed of average people getting on with their lives. Now understand me:Dates are VERY important, because they allow you to see the BIGGER picture, in that you see what is going on in different places at the same time, or in sequence, showing how one event lead to another. Example: If your lover cheats on you on a Thursday and you catch him, and you hit the crap out of him with a frying pan on Friday, what haqppened when is important. Oddly enough, I taught college, so I am amused in that I cannot recall EVER asking any of my students forthe date of ANY event. In university history, we ask you to comment on the BIGGER picture. For your sake, it is better for you to know the dates BEFORE you take the test, because we ask you to explain a larger event, and the dates help you to put your argument together.
Fascinating how widespread their travels were and that they had positive influences as well as murderous influences in many places. I recently learned that my great-grandfather's middle name was Rollo. After the great Viking. He had a Viking first and second name Harold Rollo. I was kind of excited when I learned that. For whatever it's worth. LOL
@@gqakathemagazine6111 although the surname Deal does come from the part of Great Britain where Vikings originally settled, on the southeast part there is a town of Deal.
There was another video of similar Viking content. Part of the video was dedicated to the findings of 2 or 3 female, French historians that went further in discussing JUST what it was that actually 'pushed' the vikings out if their original homelands and forced then in a lifetime of warring and pillaging. Something was driving them out of their Scandinavian homelands.
It was the climate. I can't remember which videos state it, many do actually, but it was getting colder and their farmland was unworkable. They had to migrate or starve.
I was interested to see this because in two months it will be the year anniversary of my husband's death. I want to use some of his ashes and throw him a proper Viking funeral. (On a miniature scale. Miniature boat and small amount of ashes, floating down the creek, on fire. I can't shoot a flaming arrow. Or any arrow.) He LOVED Vikings and I love Norway so it works well. ❤️
Sorry for your loss but sounds beautiful all you need is a drummer to drum him out while singing Helvegan. He may not have been a king of chief but Im sure he is more than worthy and will be looking down pleased. Do take care of yourself sister .
Thank you everyone. No one will ever love me again like he loved me. I wasn't there for him when he needed me. But I prepared his body, and ever since he died I have done everything I possibly can to make amends for everything I've done wrong. I have so many regrets but he deserves the best. He was my Viking chief. He always will be. And he was an amazing death metal musician/guitarist/composer, so I absolutely have a drum to use. I've done my due diligence. I just wish everyone could know how special he is.
Also the STRESS that is caused on them with the high intensity of fighting day in day out CHANGES a humans views concepts action and reactions to the rest of the world. There is no way really to know what they felt but they must have been a force to be reckoned with
I wish I had majored in history rather than criminal Justice in college. I am not sure if I could have done archeology given my claustrophobia. This is such an amazing documentary.
Interesting! I did geology/french, archeology minor. Graduated 23 years ago wish I'd chosen almost anything more practical, I ended up with a career in IT
@@kathrynjordan8782 Independent Studies, given the power of the internet will allow everyone interested in learning any subject they wish, if studying is primarily for personal intellectual development, rather than vocational advancement, although, internet allows one to achieve both.
I believe the Vikings have been around since 2000BC and maybe even earlier. I believe they were the original mysterious sea people who attacked and plundered Mesopotamia and the surrounding lands. After they would attack or trade with the lands they found they would take slaves and I bet there were also warriors of those lands who would join them on there raids because they wanted to get rich and just to fight and test their strength. The sea people were a collection of many people from many lands and i bet the ancient Vikings were the first to do it and they were taught by the gods long ago on how to build and fight.
Something that stands out to me and your chronicles brings it to my attention is the Dragon and it's importance. My brother Rip and my best friend both had Dragon tattoos. If I had a tattoo, it would be a Dragon. The Dragon is one of the most common figures in history. The meaning is obviously very deep and carries a rich tradition in culture. Thank you for sharing this educational material and elaborating on the details.
They represent the vagabond. Vagus bonding. Control over us by these parasites dragons. The things protruding from the pharaohs forehead fore instance represent who is Realy in control
@@Coincidence_Theorist Why would you ramble those responses? Had nothing to do with what he said. Are you one of those crystal healing, reiki, law of attraction blokes?
At 1:54:58. The Vikings even stole Buddha statues! That's amazing. This bronze Buddha looks Chinese. I didn't know that in the 800s and 900s AD East Asian goods had made it all the way out to to the modern-day Baltic states and northern Russia, which were then raided and brought over to Sweden by the Vikings. I'm very surprised at the extent of trade networks before the Mongol conquests of the 1200s AD opened up all of Eurasia to commerce.
people are continually surprised by the accomplishments of ancient man...sometimes we just don't give our ancestors enough credit...not the case with the Vikings, though...we know what they did...
I’m not sure how but whenever I fall asleep watching UA-cam I keep waking up to see the end of this video. I think I’ve rewatched it like 5 times already
UA-cam wants you to become a viking thats why! 😎 SKOL! ALL TOGETHER NOW! MY MOTHER TOLD ME, SOMEDAY I WILL BUY!
I’ve started to dream about what I’m listening to and when I wake up I’m like “hey, that sounds just like the guy from my dream”
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Yup I feel the same
It happened to me lol thats why I came back in my history lol
Grateful for the excellent presentation! This series on Vikings is a treasure trove of knowledge, and I appreciate it being freely available on UA-cam. Looking forward to watching more!
Love listening to these at work and since I'm concentrating on work half the time I get to listen to these over and over and keep getting something new 😅👍
Man this made for the PERFECT educating nap. THANK YOU!!! I feel smarter and rested 🥰 so interesting and relaxing.
I two sleep well with history jolted awake by UA-cam commercials that are much louder than the very interesting presentation.
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How bout it I'm bout to shut my eyes between shifts and this is perfect right
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I fell asleep listening to jazz but somehow woke up knowing more about Vikings! Thanks UA-cam Algorithm!
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Oh my Lord,,, me too!!!
Just happened today.
same here
Same just not jazz
This series is quite interesting, I refreshed my knowledge and added to It . I understand the importance of Estonia’s big island, but kept waiting for mention of Latvian Vikings, specifically those that resided in the part of Latvia called Courland (Kurzeme), but it never came. Also the bay of Riga has the Daugava providing a way quite far into Russia, and it also was not mentioned. In various museums in Europe, a certain quantity of Viking artifacts come from Latvia. I hope that in a future version of your very informative series some of these omissions will betaken care of.
1:58 am. My third time watching this series since it came out and every time, I have to watch all 4 together because you’ve put it together seamlessly. Even down to the steady escalation in strength of your drinks.
You son, are an excellent teacher and I’ve sent this to some of my friends.
Funny thing though. I don’t think that most of them finished the first episode. I never got any feedback. Whereas, typically, there’s loads of it along with some interesting opinions.
That’s how you know that you’ve laid down solid foundations for real educational information. When you get radio silence from science deniers the quiet is as loud as a hurricane.
Once again.
GREAT JOB SON!
Keep that train a’rollin’!!! 👍
Absolutely captivating! A top-notch documentary series on the Norsemen/Vikings. Thank you for the insightful journey through history. Looking forward to future installments that might cover the fascinating stories of Latvian Vikings and their contributions.
Fascinating. One of the best documentary series on the Norsemen/Vikings around. Thank you.
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I only just saw this, after hearing the bit at the end I wanted to say it's awesome seeing how far you've come in only 5 years. Congratulations mate
What do you mean by this? Is this channel just some dude? It looks like a fancy documentary from PBS or something
As a Norwegian from Hafrsfjord ( important place in Norwegian Norse history) it’s insane to hear “dubbed” Norwegians and its so wonderful to see that our cultural heritage and history is interesting for others in other countries 😍
You have just scratched the surface
I was born and raised in California, but my family is from Gothenburg, Sweden. I am so interested in my heritage; a heritage that has been pushed out of popular culture here since many Scandinavians immigrated here in the early 1900's. The more I know about the early vikings the more I can push out my chest in pride of the blood that runs in my veins!
@@Supreme-SEF its a joke
@@Supreme-SEF Anyone who takes that shit serious is degrading their own intelligence. So ridiculous. That's like having a show about Zulu warriors and having a Ginger in there.
@@Supreme-SEF still enjoyed the show a lot, but yeah that’s ridiculous.
Thank you so much for sharing this huge series for free! I've learned more about the Vikings on this channel more than any other source I've seen on UA-cam so far!
Not very impressive video. Nothing much revealed about daily lifestyle, culture or traditions. Barbaric, pagan warriors wandering back and forth! 😢😮
It's amazing how much territory the Vikings covered in a relatively short time!
Those guys got around!!
they were really bored and the wives kept naggin
their ships displayed a technology that was ahead of its time....
Yes Wow I Was Amazed at How They Travel To Different Country Rich in Culture
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@@brofist200 ..and not the "long" ones, right? Quite the feat of marine engineering 👌 IMhumbleO
Excellent presentation!! Thank you for posting this on UA-cam!!!
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I’ve been to the Oslo museum. It’s truly breathtaking
This is exactly the kind of content I enjoy. I’ve come across a few more videos like this lately [22:20] so much to learn and explore!
My people! I am Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic and Danish Viking. Rawr!! 🐾
You are nothing until you have arab or african babies. Then you are something.
Yeah. Well what happened to your people? Everyone from that part of the world has become cowards. You allow your government and big businesses to rule you and destroy you. You need to go back to your viking ways.
Hail Sister... Our race is the greatest and other races are Jealous of that fact
@@mwol5473 viking wasn't a race...lol...by that reasoning, I am a lawyer because my great, great grandfather was...
Same. Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and Finnish DNA in my blood!
There is the best documentary of history of the rise and fall of the Vikings in timeline in recognition.
Looks like their dna is integrated all over and they blended into many countries.
Such a well done documentary. Very informative, interesting, & no weird camera tricks or wonky audio. Brilliant.
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This place was absolutely beautiful i hope that the artifacts end up in a museum somewhere eventually
My maternal great grand parents were rom Sweden & they told me what the "Viking Seeing Stone" is. We have them all over the place although they were much more widely used in the 1800s. Yes! One can see the whole hemisphere with it; when used properly!!!
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All right so please go and get one and then you can tell me what I'm doing now and if you say sitting in front of my phone l will seriously be amazed.
When talking about the German swords found in Viking graves around 1:16:00, isn’t it possible that these swords weren’t given to or bought by the Vikings in Germany as that was illegal but instead the Vikings took them from the dead bodies of opposing warriors with whom they were im battle?
Thank you I really enjoyed watching &I'll be watching 👀 more!!!
When I was in Oslo, I visited the Ships Museum and stood beside the Gokstad and the Oseberg. Both of them were magical. The carvings were mesmerizing. To think they were from the 9th century. Makes me wonder about the men who sailed them and all of the places they went.
such men and country are to be saluted because of their valiantry, and big heart which shows no fear
@@gomnes246They raped women and murdered defenseless farmers and plundered churches. They often went after soft targets to avoid direct combat with defensive forces that could actually fight back. It wasn't all valiant and courageous.
This trip to Oslo is on my bucketlist for sure. I am fascinated by Viking History!
@@sugewhitejacoby8654 "Half" of our basic words in Scandinavia ( three very similar languages ) are still (very) similar to their English counterparts, and there are many grammatical similarities as well, so learning English is fairly easy for us Scandinavians - as if we by magic already "know" a lot of the basics of English in advance and "just" need to fill in the gaps and climb a few hurdles - for instance the use of "do" and "-ing" with verbs.
Check out the brilliant video from Langfocus called "Viking Influence on the English Language" to see how much the complicated and highly inflected West Germanic Old English was changed through this long lasting contact with the closely related North Germanic Old Norse in the Danelaw region in the North and the East of England.
Hav en god dag [day(gh)], min [meen] frænd{e} 😉
I am a professional historian, and an old man. I CRINGE when I see the young people of this generation say such BS about there not being enough original material from history to study. In fact, it is LITERALLY like the last scene in Indiana Jones where the Ark of the Covenant was locked away in an avalanche of boxes. 95 percent of all the historical documents have NEVER BEEN READ. If you want to check this out, go to a major archive and ask them. No one knows what is in ANY of the National Archives anymore, let alone the Vatican. It is this way all over the world.
The GREATEST problem by far for future generations is that no one is being taught to read script (handwriting). I can read a handwritten letter upside down at speed. Not teaching THAT is going to make future research very difficult.
No one asked old man
Simplified!
Truth!
When I taught my kids cursive the teacher forbade them to write it. As the other kids wouldn’t be able to read it. 😢
Stupid argument.
So any extra skill is unwanted.
And they can’t decipher the handwriting of the grownup generation. 😢
Cursive taught after print letters was what i wàs taught in 1950's, could be too much. Perhaps , dumming down is what is future generations. How did i write we exams? 😅
I'm from Tønsberg, I walked by almost every day during the building and was there for the first sailing, very cool stuff to have happening in my town!
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that's awesome.
What was built?
All this dominance and not one Superbowl
the league would love to see the Bills play the Vikings in this years SB....I mean, somebody's got to win...right?
Thank you for making me genuinely laugh out loud today
As a diehard Minnesota fan I find that comment deeply offensive, sadly true and contextually hilarious. 😉
@@nataliechild9163 you guys had one hell of a team with moss and Cunningham
@@wesleypepple7525 25 years ago lol but yeah, I got to watch moss in person at the Pats games and that dude is easily the most talented athlete to ever play football, hands down.
Anyone know when this documentary first came out? How old is it? Thanks all.
I learned a lot from this series. Very well done.
What a great series I found it when I was down with covid and have watched it twice more!!
"Odin and his brother Thor" pretty sure Thor was Odin's son... Overall though, I'm always impressed by viking history. They really were pioneers.
Tonger is the son of Wodan and Fjorgyn
I use the old Frisian names Because I don't know the modern English names
what they were were master shipbulders and bold sailors...that lapstrake design is still used in lifeboats today...their ships were so flexible they almost seemed alive in the open sea...yet easily capable of traversing shallow rivers...a technological leap the world had never seen before...no wonder they were caught by surprise....
@@sjefkerolleman2094 Tor er sønn av Odin og Frøya. Odin var æsir, Frøya var vane, datter av Njord.
There were several discrepancies I picked up on. I think it was more archaeological than anything though
Pioneers? You mean murderers? 🤣
So interesting and it just keeps going and going.
Love your thoughts give me hard. love
thanx Thanx THANX for overdubbing non-English dialogs 👌 extremely helpful 👍
enjoyed the video
Fabulous amazing film...don't miss this...the details are even very excited.
400K views in just 25 days after being uploaded. Go figure. What awesome content is this
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Subscription added. Nice find this channel. Well done.
Interesting. Vikings are my favorite.
they're's something hauntingly beautiful about their mythology....
This is a Fantastic documentary.
Gotta love all this history!
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@@aadriangroenewald1828 the Vikings...the motorcycle gang of their times.....
Vikings are basically a race of glorified thugs, slavers and pirates.
Love the subject, but not these scum.
The volume isn't loud enough really wanted to watch this.. blessings everyone
Seeing authentic-looking Viking (Norse) helmets in the intro... this might well be worth watching. Let's see.
actually scarier-looking then those fake horned ones.....
Crazy. Thanks!! I always knew bits and pieces of Viking hostory, but this is a great overview. I came here because I was actually trying to find info on the Kyiev Rus 😂
Fantastic history
Thanks for posting this. Very interesting!
I enjoy watching these documentaries about the Norse people. They always mention Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. What about Finland? Finland is never mentioned at all!
Probably some of they were, but Finns is from East Asia, thats why why our language differs i guess
Pretty surprising as, here in the US, ever since the Finns held off the Russians single-handedly in the Winter War, they are seen as half, “super-Viking,” half, perfect warrior….
Finns are NOT Scandinavians. They are related to Magyars, Estonians and Sami’s language family and are called Finno- Urics. The Finnish language is very different from the North Germanic Language of the Norse peoples.
Love this!!!
Greetings from Sweden
This is a fantastic documentary thank you!! I studied a year in Sweden at Stockholm Universitet - political science, and I had the opportunity to travel around and see these places you talk about! Vikings have a fascinating history! I was intrigued that a thousand years ago, social arrangements were so healthy and normalized without the church, so when people got married they just exchanged Combs they had made! A wonderful culture and a very enlightened people, that always drew me to Sweden :-)
Why did they exchange combs?
@@Caress1972same reason they exchange rings!
Very good and meaningful video, great video 🥰
27:28 the narrator says "Odin and his brother Tor." ??? It is his son!
Vikings are all over the world today because of their voyages and spread their dna throughout their journey. My ancestors come from france during the fight with the vikings
Didn't France give up and offer Normandy if they would stop raiding?
Then the vikings took over the UK and it was time to reproduce so their kids could crusade in the middle east as knights
I learned France gave Normandy to the Vikings so they would sail their boats out of Paris. 🤣 🤣 🤣
Wonderful. Thank you .
Wonderfully informative and entertaining! I'm proud to continue to re-enact, research and represent this amazing Era. Thank you, instascribe!
You do re-enactments?
this documentary was really cool interested to watch other viking comentary
2:55:20 Did those Vikings really have paragliders? Silk ones, like their expensive ships' sail? If they knew how to make them, they could have FLOWN! It's just a very smart sail, after all.
their sails were made out of wool...
Love these videos!
Your title is a bit off... The vikings did not fall...
We integrated 🥳
Well they did lol but honestly some failed some integrated. I suppose it really means stopped raiding and when harold died
Just settled really.
Christianity seems to have taken the edge of off everybody...Romans, Vikings...and many others...they fought when they had to though, to preserve it....
And misceginated...
And make no mistake. The warrior is still alive inside us
Thank you for this video
I'm not the kind of guy that likes to nitpick, but at 27:28 it says that Thor was Odin's brother... that is a huge mistake, since Thor is actually Odin's son ! Get your mythological facts right will ya! 😅
Then pick no nits!
Great Video & narration. I read about the Saint Brice's day massacre many times. All I have seen is that 27 Dane skeletons were found at one archeological site... not "all the Danes in England" killed. ?
Great video. I'm aware that the Viking age was technically from 793 - 1066CE, but personally I consider the Vendel era part of the Viking age. When you consider that we now know Swedish Vikingar were raiding in Eastern Europe and Russia at least as far back as the 740s - 750s. The Danes were raiding Frisia and other places during the Vendel era. Norsemen of every kind were traveling, trading and raiding all over Europe centuries before the "Viking age".
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@Moon Cricket Doesn't matter what you think.
Vikings were descendants of royal blood Dacian warriors who were defeated by Romans under Trajan’s rule in 104 AD and retreated in great number from their original ancestor land Dacia towards North Eastern Europe! Danemark was named Dacia actually during Middle Ages
@@hilti4632 where are you getting this information? The Norse were an amalgamation of Germanic tribes that inhabited northern Europe for thousands of years. There's a bog body from the Cimbrian peninsula (Jutland, Denmark) that dates to 8,000 years ago. Also, Cimbria is the ancient name for Denmark. The Dacians were a separate people from around what is today the Carpathian mountains. If you're referring to the Goths you've got it backwards. Historians think the Goths may have come from Gotland(Largest island of Sweden) or possibly even Götaland(kingdom in southern Sweden). Gotland and Götaland both mean 'Land of the Goths'.
it only counts when it happens to us...(Brits)
Cool finds! To me, it looks like the front view of a tug boat on the water. Maybe tug boats gave rides and those rings were a type of souvenir? That's my guess, anyhow! Man Shwoo is very handsome, indeed!
Thanks for sharing your lark, ladies! 😊
I’m proud to be Swedish/Scandinavian/Viking descendent king of “merchants/traders “ 👍🏼👍🏼
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Great video thanks ☺️
The Last Kingdom is my favorite show and their names are accurate
Love that show too
how about Vikings Valhalla
@@najayhudson9745 its ok.
@@najayhudson9745 I like that one too and want more
agreed..excellent show
This is so amazing! I wish I would have pursued a degree in History/Archeology.
It’s never too late
It's NEVER too late. I foughtagainst being a historian for many years.,I have now made my living as a professional historian for over four decades. A true Historian is born and not made. I wish to GOD I never listened to anyone on my final decision. Ironically, nowadays,being a Historian is a VERY lucrative job.
I've never understood how so many high school history teachers make history so boring. I didn't like history in high school, it was all dates, name and places. If you could memorize, you could get all A's, but you didn't learn much. I learned more about history in literature classes where they would teach you about the writers and what was going in the world that affected their writing.
@@lucindahumphries4702 I am a professional historian, and I am SORRY that most people experience history that way. I read original letters and diaries from eye witnesses for my living, and to me, history is a living, breathing thing. Most of real history is composed of average people getting on with their lives.
Now understand me:Dates are VERY important, because they allow you to see the BIGGER picture, in that you see what is going on in different places at the same time, or in sequence, showing how one event lead to another.
Example: If your lover cheats on you on a Thursday and you catch him, and you hit the crap out of him with a frying pan on Friday, what haqppened when is important.
Oddly enough, I taught college, so I am amused in that I cannot recall EVER asking any of my students forthe date of ANY event. In university history, we ask you to comment on the BIGGER picture.
For your sake, it is better for you to know the dates BEFORE you take the test, because we ask you to explain a larger event, and the dates help you to put your argument together.
@@georgehollingsworth2428 HIStory....HERstory...OURstory....it's all about the stories.....
Excellent work
I get the littoral advantages, wish they spent more time explaining how the vikings managed the boat performance in the rough seas
Very nice sharing❤❤❤❤❤❤
Fascinating how widespread their travels were and that they had positive influences as well as murderous influences in many places. I recently learned that my great-grandfather's middle name was Rollo. After the great Viking. He had a Viking first and second name Harold Rollo. I was kind of excited when I learned that. For whatever it's worth. LOL
So Harold Rollo Deal
@@gqakathemagazine6111 although the surname Deal does come from the part of Great Britain where Vikings originally settled, on the southeast part there is a town of Deal.
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Let’s go, let’s go treasure, and Adventure🌺💕✌️👵
Thank you for your hard work. I always enjoy your videos.
thank you for a sensational video
There was another video of similar Viking content. Part of the video was dedicated to the findings of 2 or 3 female, French historians that went further in discussing JUST what it was that actually 'pushed' the vikings out if their original homelands and forced then in a lifetime of warring and pillaging. Something was driving them out of their Scandinavian homelands.
It was the climate. I can't remember which videos state it, many do actually, but it was getting colder and their farmland was unworkable. They had to migrate or starve.
❤ This is so interesting!
I was interested to see this because in two months it will be the year anniversary of my husband's death. I want to use some of his ashes and throw him a proper Viking funeral. (On a miniature scale. Miniature boat and small amount of ashes, floating down the creek, on fire. I can't shoot a flaming arrow. Or any arrow.) He LOVED Vikings and I love Norway so it works well. ❤️
Sry for ur loss
Sorry for your loss but sounds beautiful all you need is a drummer to drum him out while singing Helvegan. He may not have been a king of chief but Im sure he is more than worthy and will be looking down pleased. Do take care of yourself sister .
cool. just don't sacrifice a maiden to go with him. maybe a tiny snippet of your hair?
Thank you everyone. No one will ever love me again like he loved me. I wasn't there for him when he needed me. But I prepared his body, and ever since he died I have done everything I possibly can to make amends for everything I've done wrong. I have so many regrets but he deserves the best. He was my Viking chief. He always will be. And he was an amazing death metal musician/guitarist/composer, so I absolutely have a drum to use. I've done my due diligence. I just wish everyone could know how special he is.
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Top notch!
Re enacting is far from the reality back then.... Ruthless and deadly to anyone unfortunate to cross paths with a viking raid....☠️☠️
Also the STRESS that is caused on them with the high intensity of fighting day in day out CHANGES a humans views concepts action and reactions to the rest of the world. There is no way really to know what they felt but they must have been a force to be reckoned with
@@AS-pi3zg bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
@@AS-pi3zg hhhhh
@@AS-pi3zg and yet Christianity ultimately tamed them.....
@@frankpienkosky5688because God will always win the battle.
Woke up to this, very interesting
Wonderful. A non-false, non-clickbait, non-dramatic, non-moralizing history of the Vikings. ;)
Thanks 👍. love it the story of the mountain 😊
I wish I had majored in history rather than criminal Justice in college. I am not sure if I could have done archeology given my claustrophobia. This is such an amazing documentary.
Interesting! I did geology/french, archeology minor. Graduated 23 years ago wish I'd chosen almost anything more practical, I ended up with a career in IT
never too late to learn...it's a fascinating subject....
@@frankpienkosky5688 you are absolutely correct. I will go back to school and get my degree in history!
@@kathrynjordan8782 ...or just read a lot...it's cheaper....
@@kathrynjordan8782 Independent Studies, given the power of the internet will allow everyone interested in learning any subject they wish, if studying is primarily for personal intellectual development, rather than vocational advancement, although, internet allows one to achieve both.
As a Viking longship...
I really needed this motivation today...
at 24:40 "the whole day was runed!" 😆
love this
Thank you this seems to be very informative
I believe the Vikings have been around since 2000BC and maybe even earlier. I believe they were the original mysterious sea people who attacked and plundered Mesopotamia and the surrounding lands. After they would attack or trade with the lands they found they would take slaves and I bet there were also warriors of those lands who would join them on there raids because they wanted to get rich and just to fight and test their strength. The sea people were a collection of many people from many lands and i bet the ancient Vikings were the first to do it and they were taught by the gods long ago on how to build and fight.
Ewlkkk
What….? Are you hypothesizing that the “sea peoples” were Scandinavians?? They weren’t. Sorry.
vikings = serpent seeds who been here longer than us plus they are the royal bloodlines that rule the world
uhhhhh...... that has....absolutely no basis in fact. Also, you "bet" they were taught by "the gods"? Right....
The Vikings!...northern Europe's Greatest rapists, thieves, murdering pyromaniacs!..they must be so proud...🤣😄...😊
Well done very informative
Something that stands out to me and your chronicles brings it to my attention is the Dragon and it's importance. My brother Rip and my best friend both had Dragon tattoos. If I had a tattoo, it would be a Dragon. The Dragon is one of the most common figures in history. The meaning is obviously very deep and carries a rich tradition in culture. Thank you for sharing this educational material and elaborating on the details.
The dragon is a drag-on life.
The dragon and its host.
They represent the vagabond. Vagus bonding. Control over us by these parasites dragons.
The things protruding from the pharaohs forehead fore instance represent who is Realy in control
Also known as pine eels because of their relation to the pineal gland as well as the penile glans.
@@Coincidence_Theorist Why would you ramble those responses? Had nothing to do with what he said. Are you one of those crystal healing, reiki, law of attraction blokes?
The Dragon is one of the oldest symbols of the Indo European Myth all the way into India, China, Japan, Greece
Thank You,Sir.
At 1:54:58. The Vikings even stole Buddha statues! That's amazing. This bronze Buddha looks Chinese. I didn't know that in the 800s and 900s AD East Asian goods had made it all the way out to to the modern-day Baltic states and northern Russia, which were then raided and brought over to Sweden by the Vikings. I'm very surprised at the extent of trade networks before the Mongol conquests of the 1200s AD opened up all of Eurasia to commerce.
people are continually surprised by the accomplishments of ancient man...sometimes we just don't give our ancestors enough credit...not the case with the Vikings, though...we know what they did...
Question: Are there any books that teach the reading of runestones??
This was really good.
Thanks allot friends
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Very cool
The Vikings actually discovered the new world, 500 years BEFORE Columbus!
And 500 years after they still living of the new world
And immediately scrapping with the skraelings
I appreciate the content here. Sometimes you've repeated the same video clips a bit however.
A bit repetitive and back and forth for my taste, but it definitely helped surviving work 😊
not enough mention of some of the more famous characters....
Interesting if you can manage through all of the adds
1:23:37 No the Vikings never captured Constantinople! They attacked the city more than once, but stood no chance of breaching the Theodosian walls.
yeah,..that didn't sound right to me...seemed to have impressed the hell out of them though...so much so they wound up being hired as mercenaries....
@@frankpienkosky5688 Varangian Guards for the Emperor.