Young Researcher the Vikings Author:Hazel Mary Martell Who were the Vikings?; how we know about the Vikings; evidence in pictures and words; society and government; clothes and appearance; family life; the Viking gods; living on the land; the farming year; inside a longhouse; cooking and eating; feasting and poetry; sports and games; the port of Birka; crafts and trades; merchant adventurers; transp... more »ort; ships and shipbuilding; building a Viking longship; sailing and navigation; raiders and traders; Viking warriors; the Vikings in England; Scotland and Ireland; France and the Mediterranean; new lands to the west; trade routes to the east; the Viking sunset.« less