![]() ![]() They were also sophisticated merchants and explorers who settled Iceland, founded Dublin, and established a trading network that stretched from Baghdad to the coast of North America. ![]() They were makers of law-the term itself comes from an Old Norse word-and they introduced a novel form of trial by jury to England. But there is more to the Viking story than brute force. Turning east, they swept down the uncharted rivers of central Europe, captured Kiev, and clashed with mighty Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. Much of the British Isles fell before their swords, and the continental capitals of Paris and Aachen were sacked in turn. Wave after wave of Norse "sea wolves" followed in search of plunder, land, or a glorious death in battle. ![]() In AD 793, Norse warriors struck the English isle of Lindisfarne and laid waste to it. ![]()
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