Some people think Vikings were just a group of people with hats with horns, but they are much more than that, they were really important to history. The people who lived in Scandinavia around 800 to 1100 year are most known as Vikings. The word “viking” came of the old Scandinavian language, which means pirates. Many people think of vikings simply as wild invaders but, however, they were also great explorers, conquerors, farmers, traders and craftsmen, and developed fair laws and a system of democracy. Like I mentioned before, vikings were from an old civilization of the region of Scandinavia, that no longer exists in nowadays, because it was divided in three countries, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Also known as Normans or Nordic, they developed their culture thanks to agricultural activities, crafts and a remarkable maritime trade. In the late VIII the invasion of Great Britain by the vikings happened. A powerfull army started a war that resulted in the conquest of much of the British land. With that Danelaw was established, it was a vast territory that included mid-north and east of Britain. At the same time, Vikings continued their expansion in Scottish land. Once again, back to the late VII century, when the vikings invasion happened, the island of Lindisfarme, on the northeast coast of England, sheltered farmers, pastors and religious people. It was a sacred place, where Saint Aidan had lived 100 years before. All of the treasure of the town were based on cult objects such as chalices made of precious metals, which were kept in a monastery. The Lindisfarme feared an invasion, because most of Europe was Christian, but they knew that they wouldn’t touch their christian treasures. But their confidence didn’t last long when on 8 June 793 when a group of men landed on the island coming from the frozen parts of Europe, the vikings had appeared. Quickly, they assaulted the monastery and killed the monks. It was just the beginnin