2006-08-19 13:57:49 · 7 answers · asked by Jordan 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
The vikings left North America eventually because there weren't enough of them to sustain the settlement in New Foundland. You need a lot of people to make a colony work. New Foundland was settled by Vikings from Greenland, but the Viking colony in Greenland was very small to begin with. It just wasn't feasible for so few people to sustain such distant colonies. Once the climate changed around 1100 AD and Greenland got colder, the Greenland colony was abandoned and it made no sense at all to hang on to North America.
2006-08-19 14:08:15 · answer #1 · answered by Sass B 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
1) during the time, the climate in the North Atlantic was good and so living conditions were bearable. Mild snowless winters- great conditions for raising livestock. But the favorable climate quickly changed and life became too difficult for the Vikings to stay.
2) Diseases, plagues that have made its way westward on trading ships to Iceland and Greenland. A dwindling population may have reduced the Vikings' desires for travel and exploration. Fewer people made it impossible to continue supporting the isolated Vinland (one of the settlement) camp.
3)conflicts between Vikings and native people
4) long distant back-and-forth between Europe and North Atlantic was too much. Thus, they left north America and moved back to Europe (well...Scandinavia)
2006-08-19 14:14:55 · answer #2 · answered by bitterswtlife 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Expired visa?
2006-08-19 14:03:08 · answer #3 · answered by Pobept 6 · 4⤊ 4⤋
Had to return the rental boat on time.
2006-08-19 14:03:04 · answer #4 · answered by canary 5 · 4⤊ 4⤋
because they were kicked out by the red indians
2006-08-19 14:04:17 · answer #5 · answered by mørbidsшεεŧnεss 5 · 2⤊ 5⤋
No one knows and we probably never will.
2006-08-19 14:03:47 · answer #6 · answered by Albannach 6 · 0⤊ 6⤋
cuz they knew that we were gonna be here one day
2006-08-19 14:02:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋