how many centuries did the Vikings rule , from their country ( about )?

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Answer 1

Viking was a term for a sea raider. Warriors of the Danes, the Norse, the Swedes, the Rus all "went viking". Icelanders are all descended from "Viking" settlers. So Vikings have ruled Iceland for a thousand years. The Icelandic Althing is the oldest continually operating democratic institution in the world. the Rus were a group of "Varangians," possibly of Swedish origin, who had a leader named Rurik. Rus appears to be derived from the Finnish word for Sweden, *Rotsi, later Ruotsi, which in turn comes from Old Swedish rother, a word associated with rowing or ships, so that rothskarlar meant "rowers" or "seamen." These vikings conquered slavic territory that to this day is still called Russia. As the other answerer points out, Normandy comes from a word for "Northman". Saxony, another province in France, was founded by Viking relatives and precursors, the Saxons. While the Viking impact has been long lasting, there was never a unified Viking State that ruled all the territories Vikings impacted or raided or settled. Perhaps the closest thing was King Canute. Canute (Old Norse: Knútr inn ríki, Danish: Knud den Store, Norwegian: Knut den mektige) (ca. 995 – November 12, 1035) was a Danish king of England, Denmark, Norway, part of Sweden and governor or overlord of Schleswig and Pomerania; ruling a North Sea empire which saw Danish control at its height. But his empire didn't survive his death. And even so, many historians call it a loose confederation rather than a true unified empire. In any case, if Canute represents the Zentih of Viking rule, then the tenth and eleventh centuries mark the answer you're looking for.

Answer 2

Rule what, just their own country? We're looking at several centuries there. They also ruled for much shorter periods parts of England, geographic Germany (it wasn't Germany then), and northern France (Normandy, hence the name). I'd say they had their hay-day from the 9th-11th centuries, but they were around in the 8th century too.

Answer 3

When Did The Vikings Rule