The Dark Age Origins Of The First Viking Raiders | The Vikings | Timeline

They were bloodthirsty Scandinavian warriors and fine craftsmen. They opened trade routes, founded cities and captured ancient hubs. The Saxons of England feared them but mocked their careful grooming habits. In short, they were pirates with style. This series follows the Vikings everywhere they went, revealing new discoveries that turn Viking history on its head. We tell their incredible story from eye-witness accounts and the foremost experts on Viking warfare and way of life.
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[@DmON_WINGS]

I'm so proud of my ancestors and I'm so happy to see that people are getting a taste of what they were like but i would be happier for people to see just how far they travelled and settled long before the rest of Europe. What a fantastic people to be descended from.

[@user-ks6uc2mu6s]

If you do not follow their religion or culture you have no right to proud of them

[@AnthonyParrilloRI]

They weren't too bright, since so few remain.

[@whitlaw1395]

@@AnthonyParrilloRIFew remain? Were they supposed to travel the oceans by wodden boats still? :) They are perfectly still there and are big within the shipping companies. And very smart they are, as their Scandinavian countries are top on the list of well functioning, modern, rich countries with a very low level of corruption and crime.

[@AnthonyParrilloRI]

@@whitlaw1395 those people aren't Vikings lmao. They were defeated and there population and power dissipated.

[@AnthonyParrilloRI]

@@whitlaw1395 also from being the most feared warriors to completely relying on my country, my nationality, the great United States of America, to protect you. What happened to that dominant, conquering ability. They are overrated In history in my opinion.

[@sadiejones7991]

Outstanding video, I love Viking history, it's always been mysterious for me

[@dqreps]

Love this stuff! Thanks!

[@JoshuaDixon-wc7xd]

It’s amazing how far they went and what an impact they had on the world.

[@rhmendelson]

Bravo! 👏🏼 This was exceptionally well done:) Great research and writing pulling together different sources and ideas!

[@chaunceychappelle2173]

I am from Denmark... South Carolina. Viking Pride is Eternal.

[@mariaramos-ri8me]

I love info and History of the Vikings.

[@mikelang8020]

My Grandma was Born in the Year 1898, in Michigan Upper Peninsula of Calumet City ❤ she Spoke Swedish German and English! I Have Many Relative's in Sweden Today ! Fantastish

[@bobgall6764]

Oh! Yah! Lots of Finlanders up dere, too!

[@markashworth8353]

Very interesting

[@Andy_Babb]

Hasn’t this already been uploaded on this channel at least twice before? Can we get some of the UK, Irish and Australian ancient history documentaries? We RARELY get anything good here in the US

[@Fairyviewroad]

That would be awesome.

[@Andy_Babb]

@@Fairyviewroad thank you friend! Hopefully enough ppl reply and agree that the channel uploads some lol

[@EmmaDmarketingDromineer]

Irish history ti be found in this channel kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmWliHePnZ2noNksi=s4ue23A8g5Vy8eFD

[@vanessadean9874]

I LOVE THIS I love this I love this I love Vikings history

[@rookshaw4974]

Thor wasn’t Odin’s brother and was not present for the creation event. That was Odin and his two brothers, Vili and Vè.

[@Perspectiveon]

Related history from my birth region: Jutland (Germanic name) = Cimbria (Classical name) Jutland/Cimbria (29k km2) is a peninsula about the size of Brittany/Bretagne (31k km2) or Massachusetts (27k km2) and yet the connection between my ancestors are never mentioned. 900ad Vikings (Meaning adventurers/raiders) from Jutland/Denmark 400ad Jute and Anglian immigration from Jutland/Denmark 100bc Cimbrian and Teutonen immigration (Beat the Romans in multiple battles 112 - 106bc) from Jutland/Denmark. Jutes/Anglians/Saxons/Langobards/Suebi/goths were interconnected Northern Germanic tribes. After the Roman Empire fell 5th/6th centuries Jutes/Anglians/Saxons settled in Brittania - Langobards (Lombards) settled in Northern/Central Italy, Austria and Western Balkans together with other Germanic tribes (Suebi and Goths ao.) Suebi and Goths further settled in Southern France, Spain, Portugal, Northern Africa. The point I'm making in the last section is immigration from Northern Germanic tribes happened all over the former Western Roman Empire - not just to the British Isles during the socalled dark ages. Romans writing down most of the history subsequently being admired for their acheivements still ended up with "the short end of the stick" after 1/2 millenia of battles against the Germanic tribes. Lesson learned from this and so many other historic events : Greed and moral decline inevitably become the downfall of Nations and Empires alike. Just as relevant today as ever.

[@heritageoutdoorsproduction2460]

The gods favor the meek, and they shall inherit the earth

[@danielcruz8347]

The Vikings! 🛡⚔♈ 58 Kirk Douglas Tony Curtis Ernest Borgnine.🌬🌐

[@irishgrl]

I gobble this stuff up like candy!

[@mattbesaw2790]

What’s crazy is Vikings on average were not as big as they are always portrayed. 5’7 was the average. Not even jacked either like portrayed either

[@VulcanM61]

I agree not everyone was a big bear. But there is a reason there are legends about massive Vikings.

[@brutalgump9365]

41:47 you can see a viking wearing a go pro.

[@mariaramos-ri8me]

I have to check this out. Absolutely!!! Si!!!

[@jleesteven]

thanks

[@KennonAshley-up8tp]

What if??? The removing of their swords from burial sites made the sword disappear from their hands during a battle in Vahalla

[@paulbennett5549]

What a great video!

[@maxenielsen]

The Nielsen ancestors came from these people. Thank you for this documentary!

[@maxenielsen]

Meant to say “My Nielsen ancestors. . . “

[@daveskelton7101]

Good interesting video

[@michaelpickern2109]

I love my ancestors🎉

[@SalvadorAngeles-rq1os]

nice

[@vanessadean9874]

I LOVE THIS VIKINGS HISTORY OK

[@franzwohlgemuth2002]

Ibn Fadlan described a funeral of the Rus, 2-3 generations AFTER they left Sweden. So we don't know if it is a Slavic funeral, or a mixture of Slavic and Scandinavian. People that talk about history REALLY need to point out those details....

[@davea6314]

A Viking man can impress women by demonstrating how he takes his longship up a canal to deliver seeds which can be planted in fertile places.

[@helenbartoszek243]

Hahahaha Good one!

[@davea6314]

@@helenbartoszek243 Thanks

[@FrazOH]

How do u know these peoples gender how dare u all just guess like that... so sad

[@valeriekaye3354]

Life was simpler then...

[@davea6314]

@@valeriekaye3354 Simpler until the Viking man had V.D., hopefully for him V.D. was a Frankish maiden named Valerie Dubois and not venereal disease.* 😜 *Citation: Variation of a joke by Rodney Dangerfield

[@fredenord2411]

Never heard of the dark skinned queen before. Cant find that sorce anywhere

[@nickkee6512]

I love how they were buried with high respect but we dug them up now for study😐😑

[@NorvelCooksey]

One should speak Softly when they speak about my family

[@micheladavis]

What??? I've never encountered the archeological theory that slaves were added to graves after their owner's burial . One wonders how that works. .

[@Sadtoday]

Many places did this, they show it in the show Vikings

[@Don-gb5ut]

Almost 30 minutes in, I was really fascinated and then immediately really frustrated. First by the fact that they call Fenrir a "god"... he was related to the gods, yes, but was not revered as a God by Scandinavian peoples. Considering that his father Loki, Blood Brother of Odin, is half God and half giant, and Fenrir's mother Angrebotha was a giantess, it's far more accurate to say that fenrir was a giant, or Joton. Then to call Thor Odin's brother, when he is in fact his son. And to follow that up by claiming that Thor was present at creation and killed Ymir when that is also not true is astounding. Sorry if this sounds nitpicky but to present yourself as a "history documentary" and then get such simple things so wrong, makes one wonder what else you got wrong calls in to question the accuracy of literally everything else you said, as well as the credibility of anyone involved with this production.

[@brianpiotrowski8097]

Hardly nitpicking... These classifications are at the heart of Norse mythology and deserve proper research and presentation. ⚔️🛡⚔️

[@EastSpring582]

我可以想像維京人遇到匈奴人時候 的絕望心情，也難怪會有諸神黃昏的場景！

[@chris__702]

Now they sell awesome furniture at IKEA

[@imrick4077]

Viking different Norseman, norseman bigger and ruthless, viking go with norseman but later they dis appear, mostly go to France, Russia

[@Riffman08-dz6pv]

Any Scandinavian's here that would like to share some history?

[@IndahSabandal]

Yyy😮yyy 😮

[@JGD185]

My DNA test had like 7% Scandinavian with no known ancestors from there. Good chance it was from Vikings. Probably raided my great x20 granny's village and showed her the long sword.

[@lorry2763]

Lol

[@markhilltaco4079]

No child support or visa back then so made sense

[@NealeDeadlyAlien]

Thor is Othin's son, not brother. Good grief!

[@Rusteneuro]

(Odin, not Othin)

[@DJCal_Z]

The narratives of Vikings was wrong, the Jylland people the Juts were there before the Romans. The Vikings who are Jutlandisk are just liberating their sister country of Jysks Juts that settled in these islands UK way before Anglos and Sax. Viking is a verb word not a people, the people are Jutland/Jylland Juts or Jysk... Jylland is in Denmark also Norway and Danes along with Swedes Gots are just doing Viking they are related culture all were just Viking meaning adventuring. Change the history books to reality, not some Roman narratives.

[@pikatoshohe3913]

Better share the movie instead of history.

[@stephenparker445]

i Am Have a Viking DNA INSIDE OF ME SINCE MY CHILDHOOD OVER 32 YEARS

[@francoluissotomayor5521]

The last barbarians? Nah barbarianZ are again at it 🇺🇦

[@lorry2763]

True

[@NorvelCooksey]

Viking and raiders are the same thing

[@user-ct5ym9yn3d]

Флим паказат паруски.изминит филим паруски славами

[@cathleenweston3541]

They created the shipping trade. I'm Norman French Nd Slavic German.

[@bandit99515]

my ancestors were bad boys. end of story.

[@markhilltaco4079]

Oldest viking ship in history was owned by an 80 year old woman buried with a 50 year old femal slave... definately the patriarchy

[@farangarris2598]

My grand mother and her mother and father were birn in Oslo, Norway. They came to the U.S. in 1903. I have heard many stories from my bestama. Love this video.😊

[@vanthorout9280]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpWzlqyerNiXgq8 🪒🪒🪒⚡⚡⚡ hasting viking français

[@imrick4077]

Viking is French or Mixed Russian. THEY HAVE SPECIAL SKILL

[@gordonhall9871]

a real blonde Viking

[@victorlamothe6732]

I had my DNA done 5% Norsemen that’s why I like splitting wood.😮

[@mako2350]

I had mine done and I am 19% Norse the rest being Scottish and Irish so probably more Norse in my DNA than the 19% would suggest and I am very proud of my heritage…

[@victorlamothe6732]

I’m English,Irish and French oh thats interesting with you.

[@gregbors8364]

Now your DNA is owned by a corporation. Congrats

[@mako2350]

@@gregbors8364 Yea I already figured that one out on my own, thanks for pointing out the obvious... I also served in the US military how is that any different???

[@mikelang8020]

My PEOPLE I've Been able to go Back Many Generations of Swedish, Austrian, Bavarian And German's

[@mariapilarme]

I did my dna and I found out I have a chromosome Viking. Isn’t that cool?

[@kristiandannevang5244]

Odin had 2 ravens and 2 wolves! Thor is Odins Son. This entire history line is bad!

[@Misskitty89820]

I don't understand 😂 your language I'm Pakistani hahahaha

[@rosscourtney9913]

Y'all lie

[@andreweden9405]

Vikings were also MAJOR cat fanciers! Basically, the cat-hoarders of the Middle Ages. There also seems to be a lot of Christian-bashing in this, which is just kind of unnecessary in 2023.

[@jeffmoore9915]

Christians have been bashing since Christianity. I love the payback

[@user-js5mj8qs1j]

Oh. The bashing? Very nessecary, very intentional. "A Dark skinned queen at iverness" Good god it's everywhere. Siberians are dark skinned compared to scandinavians at that time, but of course that woman @ 13:00 is trying to set the stage if not directly implicate it was a subsaharan african Queen like you're seeing from the most vile and subversive recent revisionists.

[@blacktoothgrinsmile8532]

The Vikings came as far as NZ long before the so called native settled there they were true adventurers warriors and lovers of both woman and there God's

[@ccampbell8849]

Debatable

[@paulroese1376]

what is the difference between aggressors? what made the Vikings any different from the Waffen SS when it came to attacking people. if the Vikings attacked Ukraine now as opposed to the 8th century they likely would not do as well rampaging across the area.

[@astrzmbie9968]

The Ukrainians were Nazis during WW2. Many were Waffen SS. What is your point?

[@yoyoland8461]

Democracy came from the indigenous ppl of the America’s that’s where the Vikings learned it

[@jordanchristian7268]

I'm Danish, don't ask for reparations.

[@lorry2763]

Lol

[@davea6314]

For my share of reparations I take Greenland, and all of the Danish maidens who won beauty contests over the last 5 years as my concubines as I will be the Sultan of Greenland. Lol 😜

[@lorry2763]

@ConontheBinarian lol slave girls

[@Wheelgauge-bt7ox]

I’m Swedish and Danish “Sorry NO Refunds”⚔️

[@indrekkpringi]

The first Vikings were the Saaremaa Estonian sea farers... They plundered the entire Baltic with their raids. Then the rest of the Scandinavians started copying them. We were the first. Everyone else came after us.

[@indrekkpringi]

@@haraldsigurdsson1232 Shut your ignorant mouth. The earliest evidence of Viking boats and Viking culture comes from Saaremaa PERIOD END OF STORY If you don't believe me, go ask an anthropologist. Now get lost.

[@whitlaw1395]

@@haraldsigurdsson1232Du godeste, så slap dog af. Harald, du lider vist af meget store mindreværdskomplekser

[@haraldsigurdsson1232]

@@whitlaw1395 says the guy playing internett psychiatrist to random people he dont know

[@haraldsigurdsson1232]

@@whitlaw1395 "vikings only existed because estonia" pfff. But yea maby it was a bit harsh. Some days u get more annoyed then others..