1 00:00:03,451 --> 00:00:05,910 Towards the end of the 8th century. 2 00:00:06,990 --> 00:00:09,330 Many Vikings raided the west. 3 00:00:10,230 --> 00:00:13,080 Storming the monasteries unguarded by Britain. 4 00:00:14,070 --> 00:00:17,070 Before taking control of cities 5 00:00:17,250 --> 00:00:19,000 important ones like York and England. 6 00:00:19,710 --> 00:00:22,860 and settle into a uneasy political alliance 7 00:00:23,100 --> 00:00:25,530 within Anglo-Saxon society. 8 00:00:27,412 --> 00:00:29,700 Some Vikings chose to go east. 9 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:33,060 And overtime. 10 00:00:34,260 --> 00:00:35,640 These explorers. 11 00:00:36,030 --> 00:00:37,530 Merchants and warriors. 12 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:40,170 It would be known as. 13 00:00:40,740 --> 00:00:41,573 The trick 14 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:43,860 How 15 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:45,690 A single foreign account. 16 00:00:46,020 --> 00:00:47,970 Fish from a Viking burial site 17 00:00:48,690 --> 00:00:49,950 And wrapped in England. 18 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:52,800 Unlocked the amazing 19 00:00:52,980 --> 00:00:54,080 achievements of the Greeks. 20 00:00:54,690 --> 00:00:57,270 Initially discarded by archaeologists. 21 00:00:58,050 --> 00:00:59,550 This small sphere would reveal 22 00:00:59,700 --> 00:01:02,940 a vast Viking trade network. 23 00:01:03,630 --> 00:01:06,090 Reaching over thousands of miles. 24 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:08,160 To Constantinople. 25 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:09,833 Baghdad. 26 00:01:10,230 --> 00:01:11,063 And beyond. 27 00:01:28,132 --> 00:01:32,100 The first thing that attracted the Vikings to along the rivers of eastern Europe. 28 00:01:39,450 --> 00:01:41,730 The Scandinavians They knew that colder climate. 29 00:01:42,390 --> 00:01:43,590 It means better for. 30 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:45,870 And better for. 31 00:01:46,320 --> 00:01:47,880 He got higher prices. 32 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,540 It was this realization. 33 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:54,900 That first brought these intrepid hunters to the east. 34 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:56,940 On the other side of the Baltic Sea. 35 00:01:57,630 --> 00:01:59,610 In the frozen forests. 36 00:01:59,940 --> 00:02:02,430 Of what modern Russia would be. 37 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:09,120 First findings ecological in these regions. 38 00:02:09,660 --> 00:02:12,570 Offer exciting theories about those Vikings. 39 00:02:13,020 --> 00:02:14,700 Who went east first. 40 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:20,160 A very significant recent finding is from the song my ship burials 41 00:02:20,349 --> 00:02:24,156 Estonia, the ship burial state for operate around seven fifty. 42 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:24,810 So that's it 43 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:28,176 a few decades before let's start to see the first incursions 44 00:02:28,260 --> 00:02:29,640 in the west of england 45 00:02:29,820 --> 00:02:31,449 and that really started 46 00:02:31,640 --> 00:02:35,240 to change the way we see the early parts of the Viking Age. 47 00:02:37,933 --> 00:02:39,156 Forty-one were found 48 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,370 skeletons in both bites. 49 00:02:42,150 --> 00:02:45,299 They have weapons with them, so it could imply 50 00:02:45,300 --> 00:02:47,820 What does that kind of say? military expedition to the Baltic. 51 00:02:48,750 --> 00:02:50,100 Discovered in two thousand eight 52 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,010 The ships in salma 53 00:02:53,220 --> 00:02:56,730 support the theory that Vikings travel east. 54 00:02:57,150 --> 00:03:00,870 Before the final attack to Lindisfarne in the west. 55 00:03:03,140 --> 00:03:06,720 But one of the most notable in the history of trickery. 56 00:03:07,380 --> 00:03:08,130 was found almost 57 00:03:08,250 --> 00:03:11,250 seven hundred kilometers further east. 58 00:03:16,110 --> 00:03:19,470 Located in the placid banks of the volkov river. 59 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:21,750 Are you allowed to go to the studio? 60 00:03:23,130 --> 00:03:24,690 This simple agreement 61 00:03:24,900 --> 00:03:28,450 would become first base important of the Vikings in the east. 62 00:03:29,523 --> 00:03:30,810 Mark the beginnings. 63 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:32,160 Of the trick. 64 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,470 Scandinavia is used home I allowed to go. 65 00:03:37,980 --> 00:03:39,390 Like a kind of 66 00:03:40,170 --> 00:03:42,960 Starting point of your expeditions. 67 00:03:44,310 --> 00:03:44,700 A 68 00:03:44,820 --> 00:03:46,050 Deter hunting. 69 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:48,800 For taking animals further into Russia 70 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:51,210 Or change for them. 71 00:03:52,050 --> 00:03:54,000 Whips to the people who lived there. 72 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:58,920 That is to say slaves and bullets and fence. 73 00:04:00,270 --> 00:04:03,480 They found that there were markets to which. 74 00:04:03,810 --> 00:04:05,360 The Arab merchants arrived. 75 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,620 Arab merchants 76 00:04:10,770 --> 00:04:13,230 of the new caliphate of ambassadors. 77 00:04:13,620 --> 00:04:14,453 He brought money. 78 00:04:14,970 --> 00:04:16,520 And exotic products from the north. 79 00:04:18,780 --> 00:04:22,050 telling stories of the vast empires of the far east. 80 00:04:23,460 --> 00:04:25,200 Including the mighty city. 81 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:26,820 From Constantinople. 82 00:04:27,840 --> 00:04:33,330 And there was a surplus of silver. 83 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:34,200 In 84 00:04:34,470 --> 00:04:35,320 The Arab Empire. 85 00:04:36,660 --> 00:04:40,470 The silver coin of Arab empire is called dram. 86 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:45,570 The Arabs were willing to pay a lot of money for it because they too 87 00:04:45,840 --> 00:04:47,790 They differ just like Europeans 88 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,610 ME. 89 00:04:50,970 --> 00:04:53,340 Compared to the money you would get. 90 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:55,651 From Western Europe. 91 00:04:56,310 --> 00:04:58,962 The Islamic server was really 92 00:04:59,130 --> 00:05:00,530 pure and of very good quality. 93 00:05:01,500 --> 00:05:02,850 The Arabic silver coin 94 00:05:03,060 --> 00:05:04,470 was probably the most 95 00:05:04,590 --> 00:05:07,020 attracted the Vikings to the east. 96 00:05:11,130 --> 00:05:13,630 From its base in study of a type of lottery. 97 00:05:14,130 --> 00:05:15,006 The ruse now had access to 98 00:05:15,090 --> 00:05:18,570 two key river routes in the east. 99 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:21,780 One of which would have gone more or less 100 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:24,780 directly towards the south to Constantinople 101 00:05:24,900 --> 00:05:26,016 along that clamp that 102 00:05:26,100 --> 00:05:27,750 flows into the black sea. 103 00:05:29,250 --> 00:05:32,250 The other along the river returns towards the 104 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:34,620 this to the markets of the vulgar bullet goes 105 00:05:34,740 --> 00:05:35,130 then south towards the 106 00:05:35,280 --> 00:05:38,190 Caspian Sea and the Middle East. 107 00:05:39,570 --> 00:05:42,150 These two routes would have been very different. 108 00:05:42,570 --> 00:05:43,440 Not alone. 109 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,890 Because of the geography or the rivers that. 110 00:05:47,250 --> 00:05:49,550 Bait around through but also because of. 111 00:05:49,860 --> 00:05:51,910 The peoples who inhabited these regions. 112 00:05:53,460 --> 00:05:54,870 These two water courses. 113 00:05:55,260 --> 00:05:58,110 I had infinite potential. untapped for commerce. 114 00:05:59,190 --> 00:06:00,690 But this new geography 115 00:06:00,990 --> 00:06:03,190 would require a type different from boat. 116 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:06,210 To the Vikings sailors in the west. 117 00:06:07,650 --> 00:06:09,480 The root of the word comes 118 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:11,640 Central Sweden it's called. 119 00:06:11,970 --> 00:06:13,290 The rule slogan 120 00:06:13,500 --> 00:06:15,360 and that the basis for this 121 00:06:15,630 --> 00:06:16,463 name is. 122 00:06:17,280 --> 00:06:18,113 Ruler. 123 00:06:18,270 --> 00:06:19,860 The rowing session. 124 00:06:26,940 --> 00:06:27,690 Viking state they had 125 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:30,030 ships smaller than the 126 00:06:30,243 --> 00:06:32,093 The great ships sought the west. 127 00:06:33,090 --> 00:06:34,260 Which they were able to. 128 00:06:34,620 --> 00:06:36,000 Use in these rivers 129 00:06:36,300 --> 00:06:37,133 and for. 130 00:06:37,410 --> 00:06:38,400 carry even 131 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:39,810 between rivers 132 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:42,810 We have very good descriptions 133 00:06:42,990 --> 00:06:45,240 and they tell us about things like portages. 134 00:06:46,350 --> 00:06:46,543 The 135 00:06:46,786 --> 00:06:47,250 Really 136 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:50,520 remove the baits from the water drag them over land 137 00:06:50,790 --> 00:06:52,680 until you reach the next place. 138 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:55,200 Have. 139 00:06:55,530 --> 00:06:58,116 A long history of knowledge of shipbuilding. 140 00:06:58,200 --> 00:06:59,970 It gave the ruse an advantage. 141 00:07:00,510 --> 00:07:01,710 When it came to 142 00:07:01,890 --> 00:07:02,856 build the smallest 143 00:07:02,940 --> 00:07:05,160 lighter and more agile boats. 144 00:07:05,550 --> 00:07:08,310 That suited better the eastern waterways. 145 00:07:09,420 --> 00:07:10,570 The ship is basically 146 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:11,040 one. 147 00:07:11,370 --> 00:07:14,160 Above the two materials and that is for everything. 148 00:07:14,850 --> 00:07:19,499 Oak If you had it If no choose pine and yes 149 00:07:19,500 --> 00:07:20,826 You don't have it nor will you use what you can 150 00:07:20,910 --> 00:07:21,910 put your hands on it 151 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:23,640 you could 152 00:07:23,910 --> 00:07:24,960 basically make them. 153 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:27,100 Wherever you were 154 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,210 They went. 155 00:07:30,780 --> 00:07:33,930 Going down to the Caspian Sea or the Black Sea 156 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,400 They did not necessarily bring their ships with them all the way. 157 00:07:38,670 --> 00:07:42,510 They were probably taken to the rivers that they cut and then the 158 00:07:42,780 --> 00:07:44,310 He traveled a little by land. 159 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:47,160 Yes 160 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:47,640 They went. 161 00:07:48,060 --> 00:07:49,290 Rebuilding the 162 00:07:49,410 --> 00:07:51,120 boats along the way. 163 00:07:51,390 --> 00:07:54,810 By the rivers so that they would adapt to the needs they have. 164 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:57,660 Was. 165 00:07:58,080 --> 00:07:59,280 Land travel. 166 00:07:59,700 --> 00:08:00,270 Also 167 00:08:00,541 --> 00:08:02,190 something we tend to forget. 168 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:05,340 It's just that the Scandinavians They were pretty good horsemen. 169 00:08:05,610 --> 00:08:06,726 there could also be used the rivers in the 170 00:08:06,810 --> 00:08:10,379 winter when they are frozen, they are very 171 00:08:10,380 --> 00:08:12,000 easy to travel in my 172 00:08:12,210 --> 00:08:12,900 skis 173 00:08:13,110 --> 00:08:14,160 or buy pants. 174 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:22,010 Ruse forged towards the east. 175 00:08:23,580 --> 00:08:26,490 These hardened travelers and skilled craftsmen. 176 00:08:27,390 --> 00:08:29,940 Adapted to very varied seasons. 177 00:08:31,020 --> 00:08:31,980 Looking for trade. 178 00:08:32,730 --> 00:08:33,563 Settlement 179 00:08:33,780 --> 00:08:34,770 and expansion. 180 00:08:36,060 --> 00:08:39,090 The Byzantine and Arab empires. 181 00:08:39,690 --> 00:08:42,450 I had no sense of the implacable storm. 182 00:08:43,110 --> 00:08:44,260 He headed his way. 183 00:08:47,020 --> 00:08:48,900 The Easton Vikings traveled. 184 00:08:49,380 --> 00:08:50,530 Along the rivers. 185 00:08:51,090 --> 00:08:53,040 Where they found those towns. 186 00:08:53,580 --> 00:08:54,720 Almost all of them. 187 00:08:55,560 --> 00:08:57,030 Scandinavian major. 188 00:08:57,390 --> 00:08:58,540 The settlements were. 189 00:08:58,680 --> 00:08:59,780 along the rivers 190 00:08:59,940 --> 00:09:00,773 or lakes. 191 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:04,890 As the ruse unfolded 192 00:09:05,070 --> 00:09:06,620 Passage through the Nepa and Volga rivers. 193 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:07,890 They would meet 194 00:09:08,070 --> 00:09:10,200 the various native populations. 195 00:09:11,490 --> 00:09:12,540 They build combs. 196 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:14,370 Built families. 197 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:16,320 And their number grew. 198 00:09:17,610 --> 00:09:19,060 We had different cultures. 199 00:09:19,500 --> 00:09:20,928 On the shores of that nippert 200 00:09:21,045 --> 00:09:22,746 on the banks of the eastern Volga. 201 00:09:23,340 --> 00:09:24,190 So we have. 202 00:09:24,540 --> 00:09:26,160 More Slavic peoples 203 00:09:26,370 --> 00:09:27,470 in the western part 204 00:09:27,690 --> 00:09:28,740 of the trade route. 205 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:32,490 More Turkish and other villages ethnicities in the eastern part. 206 00:09:32,940 --> 00:09:35,690 In the north of Russia we have to wipe out the population 207 00:09:35,940 --> 00:09:37,680 and also Baltic populations. 208 00:09:40,050 --> 00:09:43,710 The roofs were settling and competing with families 209 00:09:43,740 --> 00:09:45,636 there so that we would have generations of people. 210 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:46,570 Growing there. 211 00:09:47,970 --> 00:09:50,420 They are detained is a kind of hybrid culture. 212 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:53,888 It used to be that you eat quotes the rules 213 00:09:55,800 --> 00:10:00,090 To the Scandinavians that this It was just a term. 214 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:02,740 different for the vikings, but it's not that simple. 215 00:10:03,392 --> 00:10:04,772 It was a group of people 216 00:10:05,012 --> 00:10:06,728 and composed of different nationalities 217 00:10:06,812 --> 00:10:10,232 different ethnic origins. 218 00:10:11,342 --> 00:10:14,132 And in that guy we see the trick 219 00:10:14,372 --> 00:10:15,242 they have evolved. 220 00:10:15,722 --> 00:10:19,142 in the ancestors ​​​​from the modern Russian center 221 00:10:19,322 --> 00:10:20,155 Ukrainians. 222 00:10:24,032 --> 00:10:27,512 Or how the 9th century went. 223 00:10:28,142 --> 00:10:29,822 The ruse grew stronger. 224 00:10:31,742 --> 00:10:34,202 As this diverse group of men and women 225 00:10:34,442 --> 00:10:36,392 He approached Constantinople. 226 00:10:37,232 --> 00:10:38,972 The richest city in Europe. 227 00:10:39,962 --> 00:10:42,782 They immerse themselves in oriental culture. 228 00:10:43,622 --> 00:10:44,042 And. 229 00:10:44,402 --> 00:10:46,952 In one of its industries fastest growing. 230 00:10:47,762 --> 00:10:48,962 The slave trade. 231 00:10:49,652 --> 00:10:53,702 They knew they could get riches of the people of the east. 232 00:10:54,662 --> 00:10:56,612 Some of that was through trade. 233 00:10:57,962 --> 00:11:01,172 But some of that was surely through qualification. 234 00:11:01,502 --> 00:11:02,335 And. 235 00:11:03,512 --> 00:11:06,212 Just using violence to get what you wanted. 236 00:11:08,222 --> 00:11:08,852 The trick 237 00:11:09,062 --> 00:11:10,532 He sought wealth and power. 238 00:11:11,732 --> 00:11:14,682 The slave trade was a lucrative business in the east. 239 00:11:15,722 --> 00:11:18,002 They wanted their share of the profits. 240 00:11:20,342 --> 00:11:22,832 The slaves were in use everywhere. 241 00:11:24,332 --> 00:11:26,552 Especially in the empire 242 00:11:26,672 --> 00:11:28,272 Byzantine and in the Arab Empire. 243 00:11:29,102 --> 00:11:33,872 These two empires had huge demands for slaves. 244 00:11:38,072 --> 00:11:39,062 Occasionally. 245 00:11:39,722 --> 00:11:41,102 You find a skeleton 246 00:11:41,402 --> 00:11:42,235 where. 247 00:11:42,512 --> 00:11:45,182 You have a person who He is relatively young. 248 00:11:46,202 --> 00:11:47,462 But it has. 249 00:11:47,882 --> 00:11:49,232 Lots of damage suggesting hard 250 00:11:51,122 --> 00:11:52,652 Exhausting work. 251 00:11:55,022 --> 00:11:56,882 And also very strong. 252 00:11:57,422 --> 00:12:00,212 Bones in places where you have big muscles. 253 00:12:00,932 --> 00:12:03,992 Which suggests that it is someone who is used to it. 254 00:12:04,712 --> 00:12:06,162 Working his muscles hard. 255 00:12:12,482 --> 00:12:16,262 Ruse never left written stories of his conquests in the east. 256 00:12:17,432 --> 00:12:21,382 So we rely on written sources of those who crossed his path. 257 00:12:23,642 --> 00:12:26,042 Arab reports from the 10th century. 258 00:12:26,432 --> 00:12:28,532 It paints a vivid picture of the ruse. 259 00:12:29,372 --> 00:12:31,442 And their pagan practices. 260 00:12:33,332 --> 00:12:34,782 I found them feeling one thing. 261 00:12:36,182 --> 00:12:36,872 Morally 262 00:12:37,082 --> 00:12:37,952 doubtful 263 00:12:38,822 --> 00:12:40,522 They kept beautiful slaves like 264 00:12:41,912 --> 00:12:42,962 Concubines 265 00:12:45,692 --> 00:12:49,922 These sources are sources 266 00:12:50,042 --> 00:12:50,978 wonderful how people lived. 267 00:12:51,062 --> 00:12:52,052 Eastern Europe. 268 00:12:52,922 --> 00:12:53,942 Envoy of the caliph. 269 00:12:54,272 --> 00:12:55,522 Even fat London. 270 00:12:55,862 --> 00:12:58,322 produced a story fascinating trickery. 271 00:12:59,432 --> 00:13:01,628 As I walked towards north from Baghdad 272 00:13:01,712 --> 00:13:03,092 on a diplomatic mission 273 00:13:03,302 --> 00:13:04,402 he met them. 274 00:13:04,772 --> 00:13:07,112 in a street market agitated in Bulgaria 275 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:07,613 in 276 00:13:07,773 --> 00:13:09,602 The banks of the Volga river. 277 00:13:11,132 --> 00:13:13,052 Describes a group of Vikings. 278 00:13:13,712 --> 00:13:14,545 Merchants. 279 00:13:15,122 --> 00:13:17,402 Who come to fight in their boats 280 00:13:17,672 --> 00:13:18,902 and they start to 281 00:13:19,172 --> 00:13:20,492 engage in commerce. 282 00:13:22,892 --> 00:13:26,671 Hidden fat Lance's account It is the best known because it is the 283 00:13:26,672 --> 00:13:29,768 longer and more detailed description of a Viking community we have. 284 00:13:29,852 --> 00:13:30,902 From any period. 285 00:13:31,562 --> 00:13:34,382 He says they bring slaves, especially slave women. 286 00:13:34,982 --> 00:13:36,682 And they are armed to the teeth. 287 00:13:39,759 --> 00:13:42,302 He admires them for the strong people they are. 288 00:13:42,602 --> 00:13:43,532 Good warriors. 289 00:13:44,462 --> 00:13:47,012 Are you interested in how they are decorated with 290 00:13:47,822 --> 00:13:48,662 Artifacts 291 00:13:50,252 --> 00:13:53,672 He is amazed by the position of women among 292 00:13:53,792 --> 00:13:57,512 tricks that are much more prominent and unmissable there. 293 00:13:57,782 --> 00:13:58,802 But he hides it 294 00:13:59,942 --> 00:14:04,532 In the language of barbarism he sees the ruse of the American barbarians. 295 00:14:04,982 --> 00:14:07,652 That they are not civilized like the Arabs. 296 00:14:10,598 --> 00:14:11,498 The patent actually 297 00:14:11,582 --> 00:14:13,112 describes the sacrifice. 298 00:14:13,742 --> 00:14:15,692 One of the slaves of the roofs 299 00:14:15,992 --> 00:14:17,222 is sacrificed later 300 00:14:17,372 --> 00:14:19,112 of his master's death. 301 00:14:20,822 --> 00:14:22,202 At his master's funeral. 302 00:14:23,222 --> 00:14:27,302 A slave was taken to a pavilion for an old woman. 303 00:14:28,052 --> 00:14:29,672 With a surprising nickname. 304 00:14:30,152 --> 00:14:31,592 The angel of death. 305 00:14:32,192 --> 00:14:34,742 Where were they going perform his last rites. 306 00:14:36,572 --> 00:14:38,882 According to the writings of Flatlands 307 00:14:39,092 --> 00:14:40,952 The girl went voluntarily. 308 00:14:42,062 --> 00:14:45,542 The slave was given an intoxicating drink. 309 00:14:46,412 --> 00:14:49,012 Before it was taken perform a ritual ceremony. 310 00:14:49,292 --> 00:14:52,382 Marry the slave with she, that master of traps. 311 00:14:54,032 --> 00:14:54,992 Shortly after. 312 00:14:55,352 --> 00:14:56,678 The angel of death passed a 313 00:14:56,762 --> 00:14:58,622 rope around his neck. 314 00:15:00,302 --> 00:15:03,702 The men took away from the chicken coop the ends to strangle her. 315 00:15:04,052 --> 00:15:05,468 While the angel of death 316 00:15:05,552 --> 00:15:07,742 He stabbed him in the chest with a knife. 317 00:15:09,482 --> 00:15:11,162 The lifeless body of a girl 318 00:15:11,282 --> 00:15:13,322 He was placed next to his masters. 319 00:15:13,772 --> 00:15:15,032 Before it was both. 320 00:15:15,452 --> 00:15:16,322 Satellite. 321 00:15:17,852 --> 00:15:18,362 some 322 00:15:18,572 --> 00:15:20,102 choose to see the proportion. 323 00:15:20,462 --> 00:15:21,062 How 324 00:15:21,302 --> 00:15:22,982 Scandinavian or authentic where. 325 00:15:24,002 --> 00:15:27,092 The slave is lucky to be able to marry him 326 00:15:27,332 --> 00:15:28,562 that boss's tank 327 00:15:28,862 --> 00:15:30,012 then and she will enter 328 00:15:30,512 --> 00:15:31,442 Valhalla with him 329 00:15:31,742 --> 00:15:36,001 it's hard for us consider it as 330 00:15:36,002 --> 00:15:36,272 purely scandinavian or authentic because not 331 00:15:36,422 --> 00:15:36,962 have. 332 00:15:37,322 --> 00:15:40,202 Similar descriptions of other parts of the world 333 00:15:40,352 --> 00:15:42,248 writing we can also take a look at where the 334 00:15:42,332 --> 00:15:44,822 the ritual is having place has taken place. 335 00:15:45,482 --> 00:15:47,682 In the lands of steppe in the middle of a volcano 336 00:15:47,822 --> 00:15:52,202 which was inhabited by people Finno-Ugrics and Turkic peoples, etc. 337 00:15:53,132 --> 00:15:57,332 It is entirely possible that the Vikings They will adopt some of the local customs 338 00:15:57,662 --> 00:15:59,712 and mixed them with his own rituals. 339 00:16:00,512 --> 00:16:07,512 In the middle of the 9th century. 340 00:16:10,622 --> 00:16:13,652 The ruse finally came to the Byzantine Empire. 341 00:16:15,272 --> 00:16:18,812 It is clear that none another city captivated 342 00:16:18,962 --> 00:16:20,648 both your imagination and the capital. 343 00:16:20,732 --> 00:16:24,092 The city strongly protected from Constantinople. 344 00:16:26,462 --> 00:16:28,362 The largest and richest city in Europe. 345 00:16:30,602 --> 00:16:32,762 It was desperately attractive. 346 00:16:32,912 --> 00:16:34,612 for the power hungry goose. 347 00:16:37,112 --> 00:16:39,612 It is clear that Constantinople she was very attractive 348 00:16:39,872 --> 00:16:41,222 for the Vikings of the east. 349 00:16:41,942 --> 00:16:44,543 It was one of the cities most glorious of their time. 350 00:16:45,992 --> 00:16:46,825 At the moment. 351 00:16:47,342 --> 00:16:49,712 This was the center of the modern world. 352 00:16:50,492 --> 00:16:53,522 Hoarding extensive silk and silver reserves. 353 00:16:54,902 --> 00:16:57,962 Byzantine capital traded throughout Europe to the west. 354 00:16:58,982 --> 00:16:59,852 and with china 355 00:17:00,062 --> 00:17:01,412 and India to the east. 356 00:17:02,432 --> 00:17:04,172 It really was the pinnacle 357 00:17:04,472 --> 00:17:06,062 of a global society 358 00:17:06,302 --> 00:17:07,472 the groups. 359 00:17:07,832 --> 00:17:09,062 I wanted a piece of that. 360 00:17:10,112 --> 00:17:12,092 In the year eight sixty. 361 00:17:12,842 --> 00:17:16,892 They would prove to be much more than simple traitors. 362 00:17:17,882 --> 00:17:19,382 One of the most dramatic. 363 00:17:19,892 --> 00:17:20,725 Signs. 364 00:17:21,062 --> 00:17:21,392 Of 365 00:17:21,602 --> 00:17:23,202 The army and navy of Russ. 366 00:17:24,422 --> 00:17:25,262 Capacity 367 00:17:25,562 --> 00:17:25,892 the sudden appearance of a 368 00:17:26,072 --> 00:17:30,002 golden horn wolf fleet 369 00:17:30,152 --> 00:17:31,442 of Constantinople. 370 00:17:31,922 --> 00:17:34,352 Their swords held high as if they threatened the city. 371 00:17:35,102 --> 00:17:35,935 This was great 372 00:17:36,662 --> 00:17:37,495 Russian attack. 373 00:17:38,582 --> 00:17:40,202 Two hundred warships 374 00:17:40,412 --> 00:17:42,842 carrying five thousand soldiers. 375 00:17:43,172 --> 00:17:45,032 It emerged across the horizon. 376 00:17:46,112 --> 00:17:47,552 Restless darkness. 377 00:17:47,882 --> 00:17:49,652 Following Constantinople. 378 00:17:50,702 --> 00:17:51,992 The trick 379 00:17:52,532 --> 00:17:56,672 They were determined to burn their Mark on the eastern power center. 380 00:17:57,302 --> 00:17:58,712 They were of course. 381 00:17:59,342 --> 00:18:01,322 Viking warriors at heart. 382 00:18:02,432 --> 00:18:06,932 Then they raided the suburbs. 383 00:18:07,952 --> 00:18:09,242 Burned the suburbs. 384 00:18:09,752 --> 00:18:10,952 He killed people without mercy. 385 00:18:12,752 --> 00:18:16,952 Although they behaved extremely wildly. 386 00:18:18,122 --> 00:18:20,462 Not to the citizens of Constantinople. 387 00:18:20,732 --> 00:18:21,832 Behind the walls. 388 00:18:22,832 --> 00:18:25,132 But unlucky citizens of the towns. 389 00:18:25,382 --> 00:18:27,068 On the other side of the Bosphorus. 390 00:18:27,152 --> 00:18:28,852 They were cornered and sacrificed. 391 00:18:28,952 --> 00:18:30,362 Along with their animals. 392 00:18:31,592 --> 00:18:33,032 On the Princess Islands. 393 00:18:33,482 --> 00:18:36,032 They gathered all the possible servants 394 00:18:36,242 --> 00:18:38,552 cutting off his arms and legs 395 00:18:38,792 --> 00:18:40,642 The cruel attack served its purpose. 396 00:18:42,482 --> 00:18:45,002 Shocking the Byzantine to the core. 397 00:18:46,112 --> 00:18:50,012 It seems to have been. 398 00:18:50,432 --> 00:18:52,232 A deliberate act of defiance against 399 00:18:53,762 --> 00:18:55,172 One of the superpowers 400 00:18:55,412 --> 00:18:56,662 of a time to show 401 00:18:57,272 --> 00:18:58,982 That they the Russes 402 00:18:59,252 --> 00:19:00,085 has arrived 403 00:19:00,842 --> 00:19:01,748 So this is a great change in relationship 404 00:19:01,832 --> 00:19:05,642 between the Byzantine emperor and the ruse. 405 00:19:06,417 --> 00:19:07,622 Mark an exit because 406 00:19:07,772 --> 00:19:08,822 from then on 407 00:19:09,062 --> 00:19:10,712 the emperors had to 408 00:19:10,862 --> 00:19:12,262 take into account the ruse. 409 00:19:12,512 --> 00:19:13,712 I. 410 00:19:16,082 --> 00:19:18,692 The ruse failed to take Constantinople. 411 00:19:19,712 --> 00:19:21,602 I would stay close to the city. 412 00:19:21,902 --> 00:19:23,912 In the decades after the attack. 413 00:19:25,172 --> 00:19:28,832 Eager to keep the warriors aggressive and unpredictable to look at. 414 00:19:29,792 --> 00:19:32,142 City leaders They wrote a treaty. 415 00:19:32,552 --> 00:19:33,385 and with that 416 00:19:33,782 --> 00:19:36,362 A relationship of great value was born. 417 00:19:37,712 --> 00:19:38,132 The 418 00:19:38,342 --> 00:19:39,272 treaty between 419 00:19:39,542 --> 00:19:42,452 ruse and the emperor Byzantine means that. 420 00:19:43,202 --> 00:19:44,162 The roos have. 421 00:19:44,702 --> 00:19:45,535 Become. 422 00:19:45,662 --> 00:19:46,495 Allies. 423 00:19:46,622 --> 00:19:48,068 It's kind of and the production 424 00:19:48,152 --> 00:19:50,702 to diplomatic relations. 425 00:19:52,442 --> 00:19:53,275 is saying 426 00:19:53,792 --> 00:19:54,792 That the trick should not 427 00:19:55,502 --> 00:19:56,342 Enter to 428 00:19:56,582 --> 00:19:58,632 the city of constantinople with its weapons 429 00:19:59,432 --> 00:20:00,422 They must be disarmed. 430 00:20:01,292 --> 00:20:03,292 That they will be given pleasant accommodation 431 00:20:04,322 --> 00:20:05,155 And food. 432 00:20:05,462 --> 00:20:07,532 For as long as they always like 433 00:20:07,742 --> 00:20:08,575 planned. 434 00:20:08,882 --> 00:20:09,242 what 435 00:20:09,512 --> 00:20:10,412 they bring goods 436 00:20:11,042 --> 00:20:11,875 For sale. 437 00:20:16,324 --> 00:20:19,144 Why should they privilege to the rus this way? 438 00:20:19,474 --> 00:20:21,174 Well there's probably a method 439 00:20:22,024 --> 00:20:23,194 In generosity. 440 00:20:25,174 --> 00:20:29,853 Aware of the growing number of settlements 441 00:20:29,854 --> 00:20:31,720 deceptive throughout the nepa river north of the city. 442 00:20:31,804 --> 00:20:32,914 The Byzantines 443 00:20:33,184 --> 00:20:35,984 were willing to mitigate any additional risk. 444 00:20:36,124 --> 00:20:37,894 Of Viking interference. 445 00:20:46,226 --> 00:20:52,534 They obviously gained a reputation as fair some brutal warriors in Constantinople. 446 00:20:52,834 --> 00:20:53,860 Some of these Vikings 447 00:20:53,944 --> 00:20:55,354 eastern fairing 448 00:20:55,564 --> 00:20:56,794 would finally join 449 00:20:57,004 --> 00:20:58,594 the Byzantine army. 450 00:20:59,194 --> 00:21:03,194 Some even reached the guards elite specials from the emperor himself. 451 00:21:04,174 --> 00:21:05,500 The Byzantine emperor obviously 452 00:21:05,584 --> 00:21:07,294 I needed a bodyguard. 453 00:21:07,564 --> 00:21:12,334 There were often revolutions in Byzantium and the empress was overthrown and murdered. 454 00:21:13,354 --> 00:21:16,300 If you are a Byzantine emperor and you want a bodyguard, no 455 00:21:16,384 --> 00:21:21,394 you like to hire local people because they will have local loyalties. 456 00:21:21,724 --> 00:21:23,644 You want to hire outsiders. 457 00:21:24,724 --> 00:21:26,914 Whose loyalty is only to you 458 00:21:27,154 --> 00:21:28,024 like a person 459 00:21:29,944 --> 00:21:31,564 Emperors and Byzantium 460 00:21:31,774 --> 00:21:35,644 They were protected by a unit special personal bodyguard. 461 00:21:36,034 --> 00:21:38,104 The young orange guard. 462 00:21:40,204 --> 00:21:41,470 Recruited elite warriors 463 00:21:41,554 --> 00:21:43,594 deliberately abroad. 464 00:21:44,104 --> 00:21:46,564 The Scandinavians were chosen 465 00:21:46,684 --> 00:21:47,830 specifically because of his ability. 466 00:21:47,914 --> 00:21:49,264 And bravery in battle. 467 00:21:50,764 --> 00:21:51,994 Das Von skips the east of 468 00:21:52,144 --> 00:21:54,934 Scandinavia has become very famous. 469 00:21:55,864 --> 00:21:57,184 Heroic soldiers. 470 00:21:57,544 --> 00:21:58,844 Serving the Byzantines 471 00:21:59,254 --> 00:22:00,087 Empire. 472 00:22:01,054 --> 00:22:03,574 These Scandinavians now in this entourage 473 00:22:03,784 --> 00:22:04,894 in Constantinople. 474 00:22:05,284 --> 00:22:07,034 They were used as his staff. 475 00:22:07,534 --> 00:22:08,367 Guard. 476 00:22:08,764 --> 00:22:09,964 But also how. 477 00:22:10,444 --> 00:22:11,277 Warriors 478 00:22:11,494 --> 00:22:13,324 in different ongoing operations. 479 00:22:14,554 --> 00:22:14,914 In. 480 00:22:15,304 --> 00:22:16,137 The area. 481 00:22:16,294 --> 00:22:17,944 Some sources say. 482 00:22:18,274 --> 00:22:20,614 They were especially used for. 483 00:22:20,974 --> 00:22:22,684 The difficult operations 484 00:22:22,984 --> 00:22:24,184 brutal operations. 485 00:22:26,224 --> 00:22:29,824 One of those stories involves to a teenager named Harold. 486 00:22:31,954 --> 00:22:34,204 Banished from his native Norway. 487 00:22:34,594 --> 00:22:36,394 At the tender age of fifteen. 488 00:22:37,024 --> 00:22:38,194 He continued towards the east. 489 00:22:39,334 --> 00:22:41,974 Wrapping yourself and deceiving society. 490 00:22:42,364 --> 00:22:45,094 Before joining the terrace and the garden. 491 00:22:46,384 --> 00:22:49,594 As a member of this Emperor's elite bodyguard. 492 00:22:50,254 --> 00:22:52,254 Harold would receive the best training. 493 00:22:53,134 --> 00:22:55,234 Master the best weapons. 494 00:22:55,624 --> 00:22:57,184 Learn new tactics. 495 00:22:57,934 --> 00:22:59,584 And see first hand. 496 00:23:00,244 --> 00:23:02,014 How an empire was run. 497 00:23:04,144 --> 00:23:06,124 He was a very successful warrior. 498 00:23:06,604 --> 00:23:07,444 A mercenary. 499 00:23:07,804 --> 00:23:10,594 In the east in the Mediterranean region. 500 00:23:11,254 --> 00:23:15,274 In his activities in 501 00:23:15,424 --> 00:23:17,224 Byzantium was able to gather a huge 502 00:23:17,344 --> 00:23:18,944 fortune in the form of silver and gold. 503 00:23:20,854 --> 00:23:23,644 I would go on to command the engine ga guard var. 504 00:23:23,974 --> 00:23:24,974 And fight with them in 505 00:23:25,144 --> 00:23:27,094 eighteen epic battles. 506 00:23:28,834 --> 00:23:31,114 All of which transformed 507 00:23:31,264 --> 00:23:33,124 Harold into an unstoppable leader. 508 00:23:33,874 --> 00:23:36,124 Who would one day return to Norway? 509 00:23:36,364 --> 00:23:39,454 With ambitious plans for take control of your homeland 510 00:23:39,874 --> 00:23:40,834 and beyond. 511 00:23:45,244 --> 00:23:45,814 ruse 512 00:23:46,054 --> 00:23:48,604 had evolved from simple for his traitor 513 00:23:49,084 --> 00:23:52,054 to valuable members of a elite fighting force. 514 00:23:52,414 --> 00:23:54,454 In just a century and a half. 515 00:23:55,594 --> 00:23:57,514 But this explosive growth 516 00:23:57,784 --> 00:23:58,924 it was not an accident 517 00:23:59,764 --> 00:24:01,774 Or was it about achieving your goals? 518 00:24:01,984 --> 00:24:03,664 peaceful or otherwise. 519 00:24:04,054 --> 00:24:05,554 Nothing else took higher priority. 520 00:24:07,414 --> 00:24:08,714 This meant that everyone 521 00:24:08,824 --> 00:24:10,234 Masculine or feminine. 522 00:24:10,624 --> 00:24:12,524 He was obliged to play his role. 523 00:24:12,934 --> 00:24:15,124 And they did it on equal terms. 524 00:24:16,264 --> 00:24:17,097 Women. 525 00:24:17,734 --> 00:24:19,354 It seems that he has played. 526 00:24:20,014 --> 00:24:20,404 A. 527 00:24:20,884 --> 00:24:23,590 Leading role or could play a leading role 528 00:24:23,674 --> 00:24:24,514 in trade 529 00:24:25,234 --> 00:24:25,774 and 530 00:24:25,984 --> 00:24:27,034 Even in battle. 531 00:24:27,874 --> 00:24:28,707 In. 532 00:24:29,344 --> 00:24:29,704 Russian. 533 00:24:30,064 --> 00:24:30,934 Society 534 00:24:31,204 --> 00:24:31,744 we have 535 00:24:31,954 --> 00:24:32,787 the graves. 536 00:24:33,064 --> 00:24:33,454 Of 537 00:24:33,634 --> 00:24:34,114 Some 538 00:24:34,504 --> 00:24:35,404 well out 539 00:24:35,854 --> 00:24:36,687 Ross women. 540 00:24:36,994 --> 00:24:38,824 that are buried in 541 00:24:39,004 --> 00:24:39,394 chamber tombs like 542 00:24:39,574 --> 00:24:40,407 the men. 543 00:24:40,534 --> 00:24:42,964 Joked not only with fine silks of Byzantium 544 00:24:43,324 --> 00:24:44,874 and the middle east but also 545 00:24:45,274 --> 00:24:45,544 with 546 00:24:45,784 --> 00:24:46,354 weights 547 00:24:46,654 --> 00:24:47,754 and scales and scales. 548 00:24:48,814 --> 00:24:51,184 Indicating but they were engaged in commerce. 549 00:24:51,634 --> 00:24:52,294 a lot 550 00:24:52,534 --> 00:24:52,864 like 551 00:24:53,014 --> 00:24:53,584 The men 552 00:24:53,884 --> 00:24:54,734 they were doing. 553 00:24:57,334 --> 00:24:58,474 But in addition to having. 554 00:24:59,344 --> 00:25:02,224 Weights and scales which is quite common. 555 00:25:02,794 --> 00:25:04,544 From time to time we find weapons. 556 00:25:05,374 --> 00:25:06,924 There are one or two suggested graves. 557 00:25:08,014 --> 00:25:11,464 In the middle nepa region this area that Bruce moved to. 558 00:25:12,124 --> 00:25:12,604 Many. 559 00:25:12,994 --> 00:25:13,324 Of 560 00:25:13,624 --> 00:25:14,457 Those dead. 561 00:25:14,794 --> 00:25:15,627 They are women. 562 00:25:16,894 --> 00:25:18,544 And that used to be dismissed. 563 00:25:18,934 --> 00:25:19,384 How 564 00:25:19,504 --> 00:25:20,824 kind of classic 565 00:25:22,114 --> 00:25:22,947 Cliche 566 00:25:23,194 --> 00:25:24,040 the idea that you are 567 00:25:24,124 --> 00:25:25,480 people have a shutdown 568 00:25:25,564 --> 00:25:28,384 but like the amazons that they had warriors. 569 00:25:29,014 --> 00:25:30,564 Who fought with the same bravery 570 00:25:30,874 --> 00:25:33,374 and they were so hard, if not more than men. 571 00:25:33,724 --> 00:25:34,570 But in light of the recent evidence for 572 00:25:34,654 --> 00:25:37,510 the gay obtaining of chamber grapes. 573 00:25:37,594 --> 00:25:40,044 I don't think we should dismiss this so easily. 574 00:25:41,104 --> 00:25:42,214 I. 575 00:25:44,944 --> 00:25:47,854 Back among the frosts plains of Scandinavia. 576 00:25:48,574 --> 00:25:49,744 an ancient tomb 577 00:25:50,044 --> 00:25:51,194 discovered in buhr ka. 578 00:25:52,174 --> 00:25:52,714 Insinuations about the 579 00:25:52,894 --> 00:25:55,294 possibility of warrior women. 580 00:25:55,504 --> 00:25:56,494 Traveling east. 581 00:25:58,774 --> 00:26:02,854 You have many very rich burials with a lot of tomb gas and baker 582 00:26:03,094 --> 00:26:04,654 but this one really stood out 583 00:26:04,894 --> 00:26:07,750 everyone used to think this was the 584 00:26:07,834 --> 00:26:08,890 burial of a man They are typical Lorient men. 585 00:26:08,974 --> 00:26:11,074 Recent DNA analysis showing that 586 00:26:11,254 --> 00:26:13,744 the body was actually biologically female. 587 00:26:16,092 --> 00:26:19,384 That created quite a stir because. 588 00:26:19,954 --> 00:26:21,100 At that time we didn't know 589 00:26:21,184 --> 00:26:22,954 really if women 590 00:26:23,074 --> 00:26:26,175 actively participated in the battle if in 591 00:26:26,374 --> 00:26:28,540 actually we had What would you call warriors? 592 00:26:28,624 --> 00:26:34,833 Interestingly, the individual He was also buried with a 593 00:26:34,834 --> 00:26:35,710 end when all nights they still decorated the cap. 594 00:26:35,794 --> 00:26:36,364 Found 595 00:26:36,634 --> 00:26:38,014 typically in Ukraine. 596 00:26:39,274 --> 00:26:41,794 Do you have a link direct between someone like 597 00:26:42,034 --> 00:26:42,867 Becca and the east 598 00:26:43,684 --> 00:26:44,535 And curiously 599 00:26:44,794 --> 00:26:46,094 In this case it is a woman. 600 00:26:47,584 --> 00:26:51,124 We still don't have enough evidence to be really sure 601 00:26:51,574 --> 00:26:54,454 to what extent women could have military roles 602 00:26:54,874 --> 00:26:57,106 but there are quite a few 603 00:26:57,214 --> 00:26:57,874 examples of some women 604 00:26:58,084 --> 00:27:02,254 be buried with weapons to show which may well have been a possibility. 605 00:27:04,504 --> 00:27:08,380 And, more importantly, we know that Women could also occupy positions of power. 606 00:27:08,464 --> 00:27:10,420 But if I was in a position of power, it is likely 607 00:27:10,504 --> 00:27:14,764 that also had some type of military participation. 608 00:27:16,504 --> 00:27:19,054 My guess is also that many women assumed 609 00:27:19,264 --> 00:27:21,014 a role as trusted people 610 00:27:21,784 --> 00:27:22,634 They certainly 611 00:27:23,464 --> 00:27:24,814 Must have been active in 612 00:27:25,864 --> 00:27:26,854 textile work 613 00:27:27,154 --> 00:27:30,514 but there is no reason to suspect that women could not 614 00:27:30,754 --> 00:27:31,744 have also been 615 00:27:32,014 --> 00:27:33,004 housewives 616 00:27:33,304 --> 00:27:34,294 Any shoe rack 617 00:27:34,489 --> 00:27:35,854 number of other crafts 618 00:27:36,064 --> 00:27:37,294 that would have allowed you 619 00:27:38,374 --> 00:27:38,734 A. 620 00:27:39,184 --> 00:27:41,074 Survive as a person. 621 00:27:41,614 --> 00:27:43,664 So they certainly weren't just passive. 622 00:27:44,710 --> 00:27:47,974 Women sitting at home hoping that their children and husbands 623 00:27:48,274 --> 00:27:50,164 but in many degrees they were parts 624 00:27:50,314 --> 00:27:53,014 active Viking movements. 625 00:27:54,064 --> 00:27:57,164 Searching the graves worn out by the time of the trick. 626 00:27:57,484 --> 00:28:01,294 The role of women is revealed in trade and battle. 627 00:28:02,344 --> 00:28:04,630 Women too They played a fundamental role. 628 00:28:04,714 --> 00:28:07,054 In the transition of Russo to Christianity. 629 00:28:08,104 --> 00:28:10,204 A novel of faith in the Viking world. 630 00:28:11,254 --> 00:28:13,084 But one who gave promises 631 00:28:13,384 --> 00:28:14,464 of prosperity Ty. 632 00:28:15,664 --> 00:28:18,124 Yes 633 00:28:18,424 --> 00:28:22,174 This is something else that is leaving very recently 634 00:28:22,444 --> 00:28:23,314 analysis of 635 00:28:24,154 --> 00:28:26,254 Excavations in the middle of nepa. 636 00:28:28,594 --> 00:28:29,427 Tombs of 637 00:28:29,944 --> 00:28:31,234 Good for women. 638 00:28:31,714 --> 00:28:32,134 with 639 00:28:32,464 --> 00:28:34,984 silks from Byzantium and the usual ones 640 00:28:35,194 --> 00:28:36,027 luxuries 641 00:28:36,934 --> 00:28:37,804 But also. 642 00:28:38,134 --> 00:28:38,967 Small. 643 00:28:39,334 --> 00:28:40,167 Silver. 644 00:28:40,324 --> 00:28:41,157 Crosses. 645 00:28:41,584 --> 00:28:43,744 Sometimes accompanied by children. 646 00:28:43,984 --> 00:28:44,944 Who also 647 00:28:45,184 --> 00:28:45,484 have 648 00:28:45,694 --> 00:28:46,527 crosses 649 00:28:47,344 --> 00:28:48,964 In other words 650 00:28:49,204 --> 00:28:49,714 women 651 00:28:50,014 --> 00:28:51,430 functioning of homes. 652 00:28:51,514 --> 00:28:52,384 It seems to have been 653 00:28:52,564 --> 00:28:54,214 particularly prone 654 00:28:54,664 --> 00:28:55,497 a. 655 00:28:55,684 --> 00:28:56,784 Adopting the Christian 656 00:28:57,604 --> 00:28:58,174 Religion 657 00:28:58,474 --> 00:28:59,524 and taking it seriously. 658 00:29:01,024 --> 00:29:05,974 How 659 00:29:06,244 --> 00:29:07,714 so many people today 660 00:29:08,014 --> 00:29:08,914 vikings 661 00:29:09,214 --> 00:29:09,664 are. 662 00:29:10,084 --> 00:29:11,284 By definition pagan. 663 00:29:12,484 --> 00:29:14,084 But since the middle of the 10th century. 664 00:29:14,434 --> 00:29:15,684 Something wanted to have. 665 00:29:17,014 --> 00:29:20,224 A 10th century writer has a story that 666 00:29:20,374 --> 00:29:22,360 the scandinavians in they had actually accepted 667 00:29:22,444 --> 00:29:23,734 Christ as a god. 668 00:29:24,214 --> 00:29:25,090 They were just thinking about him. 669 00:29:25,174 --> 00:29:26,884 as one of the minor gods. 670 00:29:27,904 --> 00:29:30,330 What is clear is that. 671 00:29:30,994 --> 00:29:32,194 The Canadians of the 672 00:29:32,344 --> 00:29:33,400 Viking era they had seen. 673 00:29:33,484 --> 00:29:34,984 The strength and the glory. 674 00:29:35,314 --> 00:29:38,044 Of Christian societies 675 00:29:38,164 --> 00:29:38,584 in the mediterranean so 676 00:29:38,734 --> 00:29:42,034 It is a good assumption that when they converted to Christianity. 677 00:29:42,514 --> 00:29:44,464 They were also becoming 678 00:29:44,734 --> 00:29:45,124 to. 679 00:29:45,484 --> 00:29:47,374 successful societies. 680 00:29:47,854 --> 00:29:49,405 Of them are south and neighbors. 681 00:29:50,464 --> 00:29:55,204 In addition to adventuring. 682 00:29:56,344 --> 00:30:00,064 Networks allowed people return west to Scandinavia. 683 00:30:01,864 --> 00:30:03,634 Loaded with cultures. 684 00:30:04,264 --> 00:30:05,164 Styles. 685 00:30:05,914 --> 00:30:07,654 And eastern silver. 686 00:30:10,264 --> 00:30:12,394 During the early Viking era 687 00:30:12,574 --> 00:30:14,194 silver in scandinavia in 688 00:30:14,344 --> 00:30:14,554 to 689 00:30:14,704 --> 00:30:15,334 Large scale 690 00:30:15,604 --> 00:30:17,764 and becomes a symbol of wealth. 691 00:30:19,264 --> 00:30:22,294 Within one or two generations. 692 00:30:22,624 --> 00:30:24,124 You see it reflected in the jewelry. 693 00:30:27,964 --> 00:30:29,650 So what was brought back? 694 00:30:29,734 --> 00:30:30,934 They would have been coins 695 00:30:31,144 --> 00:30:31,977 and cut. 696 00:30:32,974 --> 00:30:34,874 Silver metal that could be used. 697 00:30:35,764 --> 00:30:36,597 As payments. 698 00:30:37,564 --> 00:30:42,414 But most of the time what we're going to find out They are the silver jewelry they were wearing. 699 00:30:42,634 --> 00:30:43,894 As the proof of 700 00:30:44,584 --> 00:30:45,514 Your success. 701 00:30:50,044 --> 00:30:51,594 During the early Viking era 702 00:30:51,754 --> 00:30:55,384 there is a period in which we see a curious mix 703 00:30:55,624 --> 00:30:58,264 of objects that do not They are always very valuable 704 00:30:58,564 --> 00:31:00,454 but they almost seem like memories. 705 00:31:02,254 --> 00:31:05,974 These can be a piece of weaponry or church. 706 00:31:06,244 --> 00:31:07,077 Objects. 707 00:31:07,234 --> 00:31:08,184 that were cut 708 00:31:08,494 --> 00:31:09,794 and used as decorations. 709 00:31:11,614 --> 00:31:14,764 In a way that makes you suspect that 710 00:31:14,944 --> 00:31:15,850 it was actually meant to show you 711 00:31:15,934 --> 00:31:18,364 that this was a recovered item 712 00:31:18,604 --> 00:31:20,494 from the distant world. 713 00:31:21,684 --> 00:31:24,784 There are many burials of people who throw jewels of God 714 00:31:24,994 --> 00:31:29,193 that have eastern links They say that things like dirhams are not 715 00:31:29,194 --> 00:31:31,660 They are only used for their content. silver, but also as jewelry. 716 00:31:31,744 --> 00:31:35,074 Many of them are perforated and are used as pendants or branches. 717 00:31:36,754 --> 00:31:39,934 There is also a woman buried with a ring that Gus 718 00:31:40,204 --> 00:31:44,763 looks like an inscription Islamic, although probably 719 00:31:44,764 --> 00:31:47,014 be false, but still It has that oriental style. 720 00:31:48,364 --> 00:31:52,053 Sorry, it's really clear This is why oriental objects do not 721 00:31:52,054 --> 00:31:55,480 are not only desirable, but they are also really accessible to people. 722 00:31:55,564 --> 00:31:57,754 Because they are so common in tombs. 723 00:31:58,684 --> 00:32:02,014 While commercial networks vikings started small 724 00:32:02,224 --> 00:32:04,084 eventually 725 00:32:04,204 --> 00:32:05,704 would spread throughout the world. 726 00:32:05,854 --> 00:32:07,264 from constantinople 727 00:32:07,504 --> 00:32:09,154 in Baghdad in the east 728 00:32:09,484 --> 00:32:10,317 For Ireland. 729 00:32:10,714 --> 00:32:11,547 Iceland 730 00:32:11,794 --> 00:32:13,444 and even Greenland and the west. 731 00:32:18,364 --> 00:32:19,774 You have proof. 732 00:32:20,284 --> 00:32:21,117 Of. 733 00:32:21,947 --> 00:32:26,404 Traders traveling through of the Baltic traveling along the Russian rivers. 734 00:32:27,184 --> 00:32:28,744 All the way to Byzantium. 735 00:32:29,504 --> 00:32:30,337 And. 736 00:32:30,634 --> 00:32:31,504 On the way. 737 00:32:32,104 --> 00:32:33,130 Buy and sell acquiring 738 00:32:33,214 --> 00:32:35,194 silver sometimes rating 739 00:32:35,614 --> 00:32:37,810 but acquiring these massive quantities 740 00:32:37,894 --> 00:32:40,044 of silver that they bring from back to Scandinavia. 741 00:32:41,404 --> 00:32:42,550 How far to the east 742 00:32:42,634 --> 00:32:44,524 explore the intrepid ruse. 743 00:32:45,904 --> 00:32:50,494 Sources suggest that they arrived a lot beyond the stifling heat of Baghdad. 744 00:32:53,824 --> 00:32:55,804 Our first Arabic source. 745 00:32:56,224 --> 00:32:58,374 Written by him included Toby who was the boss 746 00:32:58,504 --> 00:33:01,264 of the postal service and of intelligence in him. 747 00:33:01,624 --> 00:33:02,914 Abbasid Caliphate. 748 00:33:03,574 --> 00:33:04,600 It tells us that the Vikings 749 00:33:04,684 --> 00:33:07,084 they crossed the caspian sea 750 00:33:07,564 --> 00:33:11,734 and land in the southeast corner of the same in a town called Jewel John 751 00:33:12,124 --> 00:33:15,364 and from there they traveled on the backs of camels to park that 752 00:33:15,664 --> 00:33:16,614 with your product. 753 00:33:18,304 --> 00:33:20,644 There is also a stone well known runic in 754 00:33:20,764 --> 00:33:21,597 sweden that 755 00:33:21,934 --> 00:33:23,014 It tells us about. 756 00:33:23,794 --> 00:33:24,724 a place called 757 00:33:24,994 --> 00:33:25,827 Carlson. 758 00:33:26,747 --> 00:33:27,997 This has been interpreted 759 00:33:28,894 --> 00:33:29,944 Make reference to. 760 00:33:30,364 --> 00:33:33,604 Quarrelsome that is region east of the Caspian Sea. 761 00:33:34,624 --> 00:33:38,254 I. 762 00:33:39,754 --> 00:33:40,894 exotic silks 763 00:33:41,134 --> 00:33:42,070 transported through 764 00:33:42,154 --> 00:33:44,254 the famous silk routes. 765 00:33:44,884 --> 00:33:46,834 He found his way to the routes 766 00:33:47,014 --> 00:33:49,064 trade established by ruse. 767 00:33:50,374 --> 00:33:50,824 one 768 00:33:51,034 --> 00:33:54,364 illuminating example of to what extent is this luxurious 769 00:33:54,604 --> 00:33:56,284 oriental material traveled. 770 00:33:57,124 --> 00:33:58,424 It was found in Norway. 771 00:33:59,014 --> 00:33:59,914 In the famous bear. 772 00:34:00,791 --> 00:34:01,714 Funeral ship. 773 00:34:05,194 --> 00:34:09,634 Ship is one of the oldest Viking burials spectacular ever found, it is one of 774 00:34:09,904 --> 00:34:11,604 the biggest boats we have 775 00:34:11,914 --> 00:34:14,014 and is beautifully and ornately carved. 776 00:34:14,644 --> 00:34:17,044 We have no findings like this for this kind of. 777 00:34:17,284 --> 00:34:19,300 These really group the 778 00:34:19,384 --> 00:34:21,010 booking conditions in other files. 779 00:34:21,094 --> 00:34:22,054 In Scandinavia. 780 00:34:22,414 --> 00:34:26,344 The body was found there, these have two individuals, one older and one younger 781 00:34:26,644 --> 00:34:27,895 and both were women. 782 00:34:28,084 --> 00:34:32,554 The burial included a large number of sacrificed animals, including fifteen horses. 783 00:34:32,794 --> 00:34:36,514 There are things like silks and embroidery and textiles that come. 784 00:34:36,844 --> 00:34:37,774 Eastern parts 785 00:34:38,014 --> 00:34:40,564 from the world places site like Iran possibly. 786 00:34:41,254 --> 00:34:43,954 It's raining and maybe even further each field. 787 00:34:44,794 --> 00:34:46,864 You have the entire kitchen where. 788 00:34:47,314 --> 00:34:51,333 You have cubes, you have weapons, you have some others 789 00:34:51,334 --> 00:34:52,600 things you can't find nowhere else. 790 00:34:52,684 --> 00:34:54,964 This is one of the richest. 791 00:34:55,414 --> 00:34:59,043 Known graves of anywhere in the world 792 00:34:59,044 --> 00:35:01,494 viking and that's what makes them truly unique. 793 00:35:01,594 --> 00:35:02,674 Almost certainly. 794 00:35:03,004 --> 00:35:03,664 There is silk 795 00:35:03,874 --> 00:35:05,704 from the Arab world of Egypt 796 00:35:07,144 --> 00:35:08,164 And from Baghdad 797 00:35:08,524 --> 00:35:10,204 but also quite probable. 798 00:35:10,534 --> 00:35:11,367 Of. 799 00:35:11,464 --> 00:35:12,364 Far East. 800 00:35:14,374 --> 00:35:15,724 Silk is light 801 00:35:16,024 --> 00:35:16,444 and 802 00:35:16,654 --> 00:35:17,487 Very valuable. 803 00:35:17,764 --> 00:35:19,234 Pretty easy to transmit 804 00:35:19,534 --> 00:35:19,894 by 805 00:35:20,014 --> 00:35:20,847 Ship. 806 00:35:21,544 --> 00:35:23,294 Which is what these first rows are. 807 00:35:23,524 --> 00:35:25,474 In the 10th century they were having to see. 808 00:35:29,794 --> 00:35:31,384 Wealth and experience. 809 00:35:31,954 --> 00:35:34,084 Brought home from trips east. 810 00:35:35,044 --> 00:35:38,044 had a great influence in life in Scandinavia. 811 00:35:39,694 --> 00:35:41,404 Evidence of which is found 812 00:35:41,674 --> 00:35:45,334 in the evolutionary design of the cities during this period. 813 00:35:47,794 --> 00:35:49,594 The Viking Age is the first period. 814 00:35:49,804 --> 00:35:50,637 When. 815 00:35:51,124 --> 00:35:51,754 from the city 816 00:35:51,964 --> 00:35:53,014 centers appear 817 00:35:53,164 --> 00:35:54,484 urban in scandinavia. 818 00:35:55,444 --> 00:35:56,860 Heavy cargo ships 819 00:35:56,944 --> 00:35:58,654 became increasingly important 820 00:35:58,894 --> 00:36:00,844 as the Viking Age prospered. 821 00:36:01,714 --> 00:36:04,204 Cities evolved to manufacture goods. 822 00:36:04,444 --> 00:36:07,270 And provide the cities of necessary coupling facilities 823 00:36:07,354 --> 00:36:09,254 to unload these merchant ships. 824 00:36:10,294 --> 00:36:12,044 Or who owns one of these places. 825 00:36:13,084 --> 00:36:14,914 What's different about August? 826 00:36:15,244 --> 00:36:15,454 And. 827 00:36:15,964 --> 00:36:17,614 Other early Viking times. 828 00:36:18,184 --> 00:36:19,017 This is not. 829 00:36:19,114 --> 00:36:20,704 A collection of farms. 830 00:36:21,004 --> 00:36:22,804 With your feelings and what your 831 00:36:23,044 --> 00:36:25,354 shoppers and food basic and animals. 832 00:36:26,134 --> 00:36:28,434 Instead, you have houses that are established 833 00:36:28,624 --> 00:36:30,074 side by side close up 834 00:36:30,814 --> 00:36:32,014 Along a street. 835 00:36:32,644 --> 00:36:34,300 Its main characteristic would have been 836 00:36:34,384 --> 00:36:36,334 a landing place for ships. 837 00:36:38,854 --> 00:36:39,954 People like or horse 838 00:36:40,774 --> 00:36:41,944 Show that the boats 839 00:36:42,184 --> 00:36:43,017 and boats 840 00:36:43,234 --> 00:36:46,474 They were no longer used only for battle purposes. 841 00:36:47,674 --> 00:36:48,244 Commerce had become 842 00:36:48,394 --> 00:36:51,094 in an environment not only to survive 843 00:36:51,544 --> 00:36:52,544 but to prosper. 844 00:36:54,424 --> 00:36:56,740 Towns along the bustling trade routes 845 00:36:56,824 --> 00:36:58,804 They became vital destinations. 846 00:36:59,974 --> 00:37:01,894 In the many years of activity. 847 00:37:02,344 --> 00:37:04,174 The artifacts were left behind. 848 00:37:04,894 --> 00:37:07,594 Offering clues to modern archaeologists 849 00:37:07,834 --> 00:37:08,554 that help us 850 00:37:08,734 --> 00:37:10,414 unlock the true scale. 851 00:37:10,714 --> 00:37:12,784 From the Viking trading network. 852 00:37:17,974 --> 00:37:20,644 Environmentalists like me They could come and show you. 853 00:37:21,154 --> 00:37:23,104 Some glass beads we found. 854 00:37:24,274 --> 00:37:28,674 Glass beads that could have been made in the Middle East or the Mediterranean. 855 00:37:29,674 --> 00:37:30,184 imagine 856 00:37:30,454 --> 00:37:31,287 that's you 857 00:37:31,594 --> 00:37:32,860 A Viking Age merchant 858 00:37:32,944 --> 00:37:34,780 You have been traveling through Europe. 859 00:37:34,864 --> 00:37:37,204 You have brought bolts of silk 860 00:37:37,384 --> 00:37:38,260 from Byzantium you have brought 861 00:37:38,344 --> 00:37:40,444 glass beads that were made in Iraq. 862 00:37:40,834 --> 00:37:41,684 You brought slaves 863 00:37:42,604 --> 00:37:44,405 As you could have brought in Russia. 864 00:37:45,634 --> 00:37:48,520 They sell those things and you buy others 865 00:37:48,604 --> 00:37:50,350 things in the market Let's say in the office. 866 00:37:50,434 --> 00:37:52,054 What remains for the oncologist. 867 00:37:52,564 --> 00:37:53,794 The slaves will follow. 868 00:37:54,124 --> 00:37:55,974 Maybe with someone else. 869 00:37:56,674 --> 00:37:59,374 The coins will be spent and will remain in circulation. 870 00:38:00,124 --> 00:38:01,894 The slime will rot eventually. 871 00:38:02,974 --> 00:38:05,620 Everything that is likely find all that kako. 872 00:38:05,704 --> 00:38:07,324 A few last glass beads. 873 00:38:10,174 --> 00:38:11,530 There is another type of find that you really 874 00:38:11,614 --> 00:38:15,214 says something even more Interesting what I think. 875 00:38:15,814 --> 00:38:16,804 I like it straight. 876 00:38:17,404 --> 00:38:20,914 It doesn't look as spectacular as glass bead coins. 877 00:38:21,424 --> 00:38:23,524 That we can see coming from distant places. 878 00:38:24,274 --> 00:38:25,414 Your articles like. 879 00:38:25,864 --> 00:38:26,884 Wet stones or 880 00:38:27,574 --> 00:38:28,624 Cron Stones. 881 00:38:29,374 --> 00:38:31,384 Although they are very useful things. 882 00:38:32,044 --> 00:38:34,324 They were never very valuable things. 883 00:38:35,404 --> 00:38:37,264 So you have floats 884 00:38:37,384 --> 00:38:37,834 of fixed ships to fill. 885 00:38:38,164 --> 00:38:38,997 That's a big mess. 886 00:38:40,024 --> 00:38:41,104 allows you 887 00:38:41,314 --> 00:38:42,220 make profits even from 888 00:38:42,304 --> 00:38:44,554 something that has a very low value. 889 00:38:46,534 --> 00:38:49,054 A discovery and wrapped in England. 890 00:38:49,564 --> 00:38:51,214 Archaeologists provided 891 00:38:51,484 --> 00:38:53,704 with more key pieces of a puzzle. 892 00:38:56,614 --> 00:38:58,870 When the canal was dug in medicine, they were found 893 00:38:58,954 --> 00:39:01,834 many artifacts different between bones. 894 00:39:02,284 --> 00:39:05,860 In one of them it was positively left out and not really considered. 895 00:39:05,944 --> 00:39:07,414 That was a small account. 896 00:39:07,564 --> 00:39:09,214 of a material called chameleon. 897 00:39:11,734 --> 00:39:14,494 Carnelian is a semi-precious stain. 898 00:39:14,854 --> 00:39:15,304 what 899 00:39:15,514 --> 00:39:16,570 could not be found 900 00:39:16,654 --> 00:39:18,454 in Western Europe at all 901 00:39:18,694 --> 00:39:22,354 and, in fact, in the Viking Age, the most likely sources of this meat 902 00:39:22,594 --> 00:39:24,400 are around the Caspian Sea or even 903 00:39:24,484 --> 00:39:27,364 most likely Gujarat in India. 904 00:39:29,374 --> 00:39:32,774 Only one number found very few of them in Britain. 905 00:39:33,154 --> 00:39:36,634 And it is clear that it must have get that with the Vikings. 906 00:39:39,154 --> 00:39:41,054 Looking how he must have gotten that 907 00:39:41,764 --> 00:39:44,434 Actually open a completely new understanding. 908 00:39:44,764 --> 00:39:45,094 Of 909 00:39:45,364 --> 00:39:46,420 How far away were those networks? 910 00:39:46,504 --> 00:39:49,684 and how well established they were 911 00:39:49,954 --> 00:39:52,904 the accounts made the image was much more complete. 912 00:39:54,484 --> 00:39:55,954 A simple glass bead. 913 00:39:56,254 --> 00:39:59,824 Paints a rich picture of substantial and constant trade. 914 00:40:01,864 --> 00:40:03,784 A large flow of goods. 915 00:40:03,994 --> 00:40:05,164 Traveling regularly. 916 00:40:05,734 --> 00:40:06,154 A 917 00:40:06,364 --> 00:40:07,624 And beast. 918 00:40:09,604 --> 00:40:11,584 All the Vikings were looking for 919 00:40:11,764 --> 00:40:13,414 wealth, glory and honor. 920 00:40:14,344 --> 00:40:16,474 But it was the search for those things. 921 00:40:16,984 --> 00:40:18,064 What demonstrates the 922 00:40:18,214 --> 00:40:20,194 most notable differences. 923 00:40:20,584 --> 00:40:21,784 between the east 924 00:40:21,994 --> 00:40:23,584 and the Western Vikings. 925 00:40:25,366 --> 00:40:26,199 The trick 926 00:40:26,386 --> 00:40:29,476 He saw the long-term potential. that came with the trade. 927 00:40:29,836 --> 00:40:31,516 Settlement and expansion. 928 00:40:31,816 --> 00:40:33,436 Instead of simply 929 00:40:33,556 --> 00:40:34,706 qualify and rule. 930 00:40:35,746 --> 00:40:39,016 They use their skills of land and water. 931 00:40:39,706 --> 00:40:42,496 Along with those of diplomacy and commerce 932 00:40:42,826 --> 00:40:45,046 to build a very valuable 933 00:40:45,466 --> 00:40:48,436 and a very influential network in the east. 934 00:40:49,096 --> 00:40:50,386 That would be over time. 935 00:40:50,926 --> 00:40:52,222 Continue to serve a presence 936 00:40:52,306 --> 00:40:55,666 Scandinavian covering almost everyone. 937 00:40:56,896 --> 00:40:59,776 We like to think that the Scandinavians of the 938 00:40:59,896 --> 00:41:05,836 these are very different of the Scandinavians 939 00:41:05,956 --> 00:41:08,776 in the west, but I I like to think they were. 940 00:41:09,136 --> 00:41:11,686 Essentially doing the same kind of thing. 941 00:41:11,926 --> 00:41:14,626 They were still seeking wealth. 942 00:41:16,306 --> 00:41:17,139 These Russes 943 00:41:17,716 --> 00:41:19,936 Pioneers of these entrepreneurs. 944 00:41:20,236 --> 00:41:21,186 These merchants. 945 00:41:21,856 --> 00:41:22,276 Were. 946 00:41:22,636 --> 00:41:23,626 very very 947 00:41:23,866 --> 00:41:24,699 expert in 948 00:41:25,366 --> 00:41:27,826 Using what suits them best. 949 00:41:29,236 --> 00:41:31,686 If you look at the Viking well like 950 00:41:31,816 --> 00:41:32,416 a whole and what they are doing at 951 00:41:32,519 --> 00:41:33,919 the west and the east are. 952 00:41:34,936 --> 00:41:38,596 Very very good at adapting to whatever is necessary. 953 00:41:38,926 --> 00:41:41,656 If they have to be violent, they will be violent. 954 00:41:41,896 --> 00:41:42,526 If they can 955 00:41:42,736 --> 00:41:46,096 get by with trade and peaceful negotiation 956 00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:49,192 then they make them ally Who do they need to ally with? 957 00:41:49,276 --> 00:41:51,196 Sorry, they are very successful at. 958 00:41:51,556 --> 00:41:52,996 Go to new regions and, 959 00:41:53,116 --> 00:41:55,126 finally also settle 960 00:41:55,366 --> 00:41:57,886 I think it is not the ability to adapt 961 00:41:58,006 --> 00:42:00,226 This is part of Viking success. 962 00:42:00,886 --> 00:42:02,986 The lasting imprint of the 963 00:42:03,136 --> 00:42:04,366 ruse remains today. 964 00:42:05,356 --> 00:42:07,516 Through the settlement and integration. 965 00:42:07,816 --> 00:42:11,266 His influence and bloodline they shot across the Baltic. 966 00:42:11,926 --> 00:42:13,326 Through Eastern Europe. 967 00:42:13,546 --> 00:42:14,746 to constantinople 968 00:42:14,986 --> 00:42:15,819 and beyond. 969 00:42:19,786 --> 00:42:22,486 The men worked with their female companions. 970 00:42:23,026 --> 00:42:24,676 To promote your society. 971 00:42:26,506 --> 00:42:28,996 And their reputation as elite fighters. 972 00:42:29,416 --> 00:42:31,096 Brought them fantastic wealth 973 00:42:31,336 --> 00:42:32,836 and lasting prestige the vast 974 00:42:33,016 --> 00:42:35,746 commercial network they developed 975 00:42:35,956 --> 00:42:37,456 It is seen to this day. 976 00:42:37,846 --> 00:42:40,636 As one of the greatest Viking achievements. 977 00:42:42,076 --> 00:42:44,656 In the Scandinavian context, they are seen 978 00:42:44,776 --> 00:42:46,876 as adventurous people who travel a lot. 979 00:42:46,966 --> 00:42:48,376 In many connections 980 00:42:48,556 --> 00:42:50,206 with quite exotic countries 981 00:42:50,416 --> 00:42:50,896 so 982 00:42:51,076 --> 00:42:52,376 They become kind of. 983 00:42:52,966 --> 00:42:54,289 A symbol of the. 984 00:42:55,455 --> 00:42:57,255 The culture has been more extroverted. 985 00:42:58,396 --> 00:43:01,276 They are not considered pirate operators. 986 00:43:01,696 --> 00:43:02,116 Are. 987 00:43:02,476 --> 00:43:03,346 More like a 988 00:43:03,586 --> 00:43:04,666 noble soldiers 989 00:43:04,876 --> 00:43:05,926 usually fighting 990 00:43:06,016 --> 00:43:07,366 in the name of a good course. 991 00:43:08,626 --> 00:43:10,126 In the middle of the 19th century. 992 00:43:10,636 --> 00:43:13,386 As the ruse It made its way east. 993 00:43:14,626 --> 00:43:16,426 Another band of Vikings. 994 00:43:17,236 --> 00:43:21,706 They are gathering a vast fleet of warships and scandinavia. 995 00:43:22,966 --> 00:43:24,286 And looking south. 996 00:43:25,516 --> 00:43:26,349 Aim. 997 00:43:27,166 --> 00:43:27,706 The wealth 998 00:43:28,006 --> 00:43:29,026 and prestige 999 00:43:29,506 --> 00:43:30,376 from Paris.