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The Vikings were the international tradesmen of their time. They traded silk and spices from Constantinople, amber from the Baltic, iron from Scandinavia, slaves from Russia and furs and walrus ivory from Iceland and Greenland. The Vikings kept open the trade route between East and West Europe at a time when trade routes through the Mediterranean were unsafe. Wonderful swiss replica watches for you.

As they traveled around the world, they began to explore and settle in foreign lands. They populated Iceland and Greenland, they temporarily settled in north America, controlled the Duchy of Normandy in France, founded the city of Dublin in Ireland, and made the English city of York the most important town outside of London. The places ruled by the Vikings were politically stable and flourishing by medieval standards. The Vikings created the first modern parliament in the world in Thingvellir, Iceland, at a time when Europe was still living in the feudal ages.