vikings

I got into a conversation with someone today. The topic: was the Mongol Warrior the greatest soldier in history? My friend thought they were but only on a level playing field. Basically that means that if you could take the typical warrior from any great empire, throw them in a room with...

Yes, I was surprised to learn that Leif Ericson (the man who discovered North America about 500 years before Columbus) and all of his men were Christians. And he was an evangelist to the country of Greenland. http://www.viking.no/e/people/leif/e-leiv.htm

I just saw the trailer for the upcoming film "Pathfinder." It's about Viking raiders fighting with Native Americans, "600 years before Columbus." Good fun, but I was startled to see the Vikings on great big horses. Horses? I just saw men rowing a modern replica of a Viking ship on the...

I saw this episode of "Billy and Mandi" on Cartoon network and I noticed an episode where a viking is transported to the future. Basically he was speaking some foreign language which I did not recgonize. I wanted to know if it was gibberish or a real language. It sounded alot like Swedish...

From this week's commentry. Huh? Can anyone tell me what Randi's point is? The Middle Ages 5th to 15th Century AD. The Viking Times 8th - 11th Century AD. I think it's pretty safe to say that all Vikings lived in the Middle Ages. Does anyone know what he's on about?