Why were the Vikings in Scotland over 1000 years ago?

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Why were the Vikings in Scotland over 1000 years ago?

The ‘ Fierce Raiders’ were Viking people who spread terror on the coasts of Europe each time they appeared in their Dragon headed warships. The people’s whose lands they invaded often had no idea who they were or where they came from. They called them many different names like, ’north men’, ‘strangers’, ‘shipmen’ and ‘heathen men’. ‘ Vikings’ meaning pirates was just one of the names given to them. Nowadays we know a lot about the Vikings from many archaeological findings, as well as carvings and their longboats in which they used to sail in. But one thing that we do not know for certain is, why The Vikings suddenly left their own homeland of Scandinavia and other various parts of the world and decided to come to Scotland.        

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    The Vikings caused a lot of plunder all over the country and were very feisty and violent people. They were not at all scared of killing people; in fact a lot of men loved war and battles. After the Vikings arrived in Scotland, Christianity was increasingly rising and growing rapidly. Many churches and monasteries were beginning to become very rich which is why the Vikings decided to attack them. They robbed homes and churches, taking with them, coins and precious glass as well as richly decorated gold and silver. They drove away cattle, killed thousands of people and ...

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