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Old North (other)
Old North may refer to: Periods * Viking Age Scandinavia * Hen Ogledd, the Cumbric-speaking areas of northern England and southern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages Places *Old North St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. * Old North Columbus, Columbus, Ohio, U.S. *Old North, a neighborhood in Tel Aviv, Israel Structures * Old North Bridge, an American War of Independence site in Concord, Massachusetts, U.S. * Old North Building, a building of Georgetown University * Old North Church or Christ Church, a church on Salem Street, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. * Second Church, Boston or Old North Church, a church in North Square, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. * Old North Road, a Roman road in England * Old North Tower, University of Central Oklahoma, an educational building in Edmond, Oklahoma, listed on the National Register of Historic Places * Old North Church (Sierra Madre, California) See also * Old Nordic (other) * Old Norse * Old North Cemetery (other) Old Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viking Age
The Viking Age () was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonizing, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America. It followed the Migration Period and the Germanic Iron Age. The Viking Age applies not only to their homeland of Scandinavia but also to any place significantly settled by Scandinavians during the period. The Scandinavians of the Viking Age are often referred to as ''Vikings'' as well as ''Norsemen'', although few of them were Vikings in sense of being engaged in piracy. Voyaging by sea from their homelands in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, the Norse people settled in the British Isles, Ireland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, Normandy, and the Baltic coast and along the Dnieper and Volga trade routes in eastern Europe, where they were also known as Varangians. They also briefly settled in Newfoundland, becoming the first Europeans to reach North America. The Norse-Gaels, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
