How OP were Viking Longships?

The Vikings were a notoriously powerful empire, despite having very limited access to resources initially. Here's how they took the one resource they had in abundance, and created one of the most overpowered military technologies in history.
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Whilst a bit historically inaccurate (longships were primarily developed and used for trade, becoming a vikingr was notable but not what the majority of Scandinavian's did. Also whilst Normandy was founded and named after the vikings (North-mans), their culture and military tactics were much more influenced by the Frankish kingdom, which you can see by comparing the way they fought: heavy cavalry, combined with infantry and archers vs the way the Norwegians fought at Stamford bridge: Heavy & Light infantry, using the shieldwall tactic.), I really like the artstyle and hope these videos are a good way to teach kids about history from games.

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There were a lot of inaccuracies in this video, but overall it's still informative. The Vikings did not engage in naval combat. There simply weren't enough rival ships for them to encounter any. It happened once or twice, but it was the exception rather than the norm. And even then, it only happened against local rivaling Viking chiefdoms. About as often as you'd see a pig painted with black and purple stripes today. Pretty unheard of. The Viking longboats weren't expensive. Making the ships from entire trees rather than cutting up the entire tree was just a different technique. You'd still need numerous trees to make an entire ship. Longboats could be made abroad on the spot, as long as they had enough trees around them. Meaning they were simple and quick to make. They were cheaper, faster to produce, speedier, and much sturdier than any other ship at the time.

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​@@jeffreygao3956 They didn't fight them. Vikings were defined by their ships. They stayed in or near their ships at all times. They relied on surprise invasions or hit-and-run tactics. They only targeted wealthy locations where they had the advantage, where they knew they would win. The Vikings fought smart. The Magyars were, like the Vikings, an Achilles heel to civilized nations who did not know how to properly defend against their attacks. This was before grand castles and city fortifications were built. They simply did not have time to spend days or weeks gathering levies to fight against the attackers, and by the time they did gather a levy, the attackers were gone. The Vikings did not interact much with the Magyars as they were strong but poor. This made them the least interesting people to interact with for them. The Vikings did interact with the Arabs, though, who were wealthy and well-defended. But instead of raiding the Arabs, the Vikings traded with them, commonly selling monks as eunuchs, as the monks were literate and could be used for copying or translating books. The Arabs also had goods that the Vikings would sell to other people through regular commerce since the Vikings had the perfect ships for the job, and they could trade with cities far down shallow rivers too. The Vikings only fought the Irish, the Anglo-Saxons, the Germans, the Polish, the East Slavs, the South Slavs, the Italians, the Spanish, the Frisians, the Goths, and the Franks... Well, and of course, other Viking tribes. The Vikings in general, were a lot smarter than most people give them credit for. They were ruthless, but not much more ruthless than any other people at the time.

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