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VIKINGS RAIDS IN ANGLO-SAXON BRITAIN - Coggle Diagram
VIKINGS RAIDS IN ANGLO-SAXON BRITAIN
CAME FROM NORTH EUROPE in 8th century
NORWAY
DENMARK
SCANDINAVIA
THEY WERE
WARRIORS
SAILORS
TRADERS
FARMERS
RAIDS AGAINST
793> Attack on LINDISFARNE
MONASTERIES
Took away gold and silver
Later started to SETTLE
Mercia
Northumbria
East Anglia
ANGLO-SAXON DEFENSE
LED BY ALFRED THE GREAT
Defeated Vikings in 878
Creation of the DANELAW
Under DanishLaws
Viking territories in the North
Cohabitation Vikings/Anglo-Saxons
Division of Britain
871-899
WESSEX was THE STRONGEST REIGN