Norway, Sweden, and Ukraine play central roles in the saga, illustrating the power struggles and alliances that define Viking history ... the Vikings show map. Created by Michael Hirst, the ...

Detailed maps of Viking settlements in Scotland ... merchant laird's house known as Tankerness House. Displays tell the history of the islands over the past 5,000 years with exhibits of ...

Ask the children to highlight the Viking place names on a local or regional map and begin to plot the ... This clip is suitable for teaching History at KS2 and KS3 in England, Second Level ...

5 min read This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Icelandic sagas tell how the 10th-century Viking sailor Leif Eriksson stumbled on a new ...