One of the most feared groups of people from the 8th to 11th centuries was the Vikings.

The Vikings struck fear into the hearts of people all around coastal Europe.

They could appear like a bolt out of the blue to raid and pillage villages.

Yet the Vikings were more than just mindless pillagers.

They were also explorers and traitors and had a much more vibrant society than how they're

depicted in popular culture.

Learn more about the Vikings and how they impacted the course of civilization on this

episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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The Vikings were one of the most significant civilizations to come out of pre-modern Europe.

They were unlike other groups that were considered great civilizations.

Many times our view of civilizations is based on the physical legacy that they left behind.

The Romans, the Maya, the Egyptians, and the Babylonians, and other ancient peoples are considered great civilizations because of the monumental architecture that they left.

Today, millions of people visit these ruins which keep their memory alive.

The Vikings, for the most part, were not monument builders. They built out

a wood, not stone, and they didn't have large cities that had to support large populations.

In many respects, their physical legacy, in terms of what they left behind, is quite minor or

non-existent. Yet the Vikings have left an indelible mark on history, far beyond that of other civilizations.

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