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The The Vikings ’ Vikings’ Secret Weapon Secret Weapon

Written by Ben Hubbard Illustrated by Emmanuel Cerisier Contents

1 Viking attack! 2 2 The Vikings and the sea 4 3 The fi rst boats 6 4 Building a longship 8 5 Made for war 10 6 The fi rst raids 12 7 Attack on Paris 14 8 Raiders and traders 16 9 Exploration and expansion 18 10 Invaders, settlers and explorers 20 11 Sea battles 22 12 Burials 24 13 The Viking end 26 Glossary 28 Index 29 Viking journeys 30

1 Viking attack!

The Viking Age began in 793 CE, when Viking raiders attacked a monastery at Lindisfarne, Britain. They murdered many monks there and enslaved others. They then fi lled their longship with church treasure and sailed home to Scandinavia.

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