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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
 
  Jan 25, 2026
 
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
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HIST 0139 - VIKING AGE SCANDINAVIA


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The Viking age, the period from 800 to 1050 AD Marks Scandinavia’s transition from prehistoric to historic times. This course will reassess Viking activities as constructive as well as destructive. Raids, commerce and colonization are best illuminated by a blending of written and physical evidence. Through the sagas, secondary readings and an assessment of archaeological sources such topics as state formation, trade, technology, rise of cities, religion and the voyages to Greenland and America will be examined.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis


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