JoVikings

 Vikings were founded in Denmark, Norway and Sweeden. They were looking for places that they could steal treasure and good land for farming because they were mostly farmers. The first raid on britain was in 793 ad and years later they invaded and settled. But they invaded more contrys aswell, they invaded North America, Greenland, Iceland and France! They got to the contrys by boats that were called longships that were very fast. Most peple think Vikings had horned helmets but they didn’t realy that is just a miyth but they did have round shields, swords, axes, bows, arrows and spears. Vikings used runes to write messages to each other or on grave or milestones. They were also used for telling the future. Viking longships are quiet well-known. They were about 18 meters long and 2.5 meters wide. The sail was made out of cotton and could swing around the mast so the Vikings could have a rest and the wind would do the work. They had shields on the sides to tell you witch Vikings the ship belonged to. At the head of the boat there is a spirit head witch is to scare away the people they are raiding. Finaly there is the ruder witch stears the longship. The boats were mostly made of oak because it stayed the same shape and took longer to rott.