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The player's goal in Vikings is to conquer other territories, playing against AI opponents whose goal is the same. Combat in Vikings is not depicted on-screen, rather the player is given the odds of success based upon their circumstances (such as number of troops/morale), from which they may make a decision to leave or fight.
Kingdoms of England II: Vikings, Fields of Conquest: 1992: 793 – 1066: Set in the Viking Age: Hammer of the Gods: 1994: 793 – 1066: Set in the Viking Age: Vikings: The Strategy of Ultimate Conquest: 1996: 793 – 1066: Set in the Viking Age: Saga: Rage of the Vikings: 1998: 793 – 1066: Set in the Viking Age: Rune: 2000: 793 – 1066: Set ...
Viking expansion was the historical movement which led Norse explorers, traders and warriors, the latter known in modern scholarship as Vikings, to sail most of the North Atlantic, reaching south as far as North Africa and east as far as Russia, and through the Mediterranean as far as Constantinople and the Middle East, acting as looters, traders, colonists and mercenaries.
The Viking king of Northumbria, Halfdan Ragnarrson (Old English: Healfdene)—one of the leaders of the Viking Great Army (known to the Anglo-Saxons as the Great Heathen Army)—surrendered his lands to a second wave of Viking invaders in 876. In the next four years, Vikings gained further land in the kingdoms of Mercia and East Anglia as well ...
Viking Child; Viking Quest; Viking Raiders; Viking: Battle for Asgard; Vikings (video game) Vikings: The Strategy of Ultimate Conquest; Vikings: War of Clans; Vikings: Wolves of Midgard; Volgarr the Viking
Map of Briton settlements in the 6th-century, including what became Brittany and Britonia (in Spain). Pliny the Elder, in his Natural History (4.17.105), claims that Armorica was the older name for Aquitania and states Armorica's southern boundary extended to the Pyrenees. Taking into account the Gaulish origin of the name, that is perfectly ...
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The Faroese saga tells us that many people fled from his rule. One of the reasons is the tax burden. As in the first land conquest, the immigrants came from Norway and probably also from the parts of the British Isles controlled by Norway. The Vikings were excellent sailors. Their navigational skills are honored on this 2002 Faroe Islands stamp ...