Igama le "IViking»Yaqala ukusetyenziswa ngababhali bamanye amazwe ngenkulungwane ye-11 ye-AD. Imvelaphi yayo mhlawumbi ligama lesiSweden le-bay, "Vik." Oku kubonisa ubudlelwane obusondeleyo phakathi kwabantu nolwandle, apho babexhomekeke ngokupheleleyo kubomi babo.
Babenentsomi eyeyabo. Oothixo babo babebizwa ngokuba "ngu-asar". Ngapha koko, owona msebenzi wabo uphambili yayikwezolimo kunye nezorhwebo. Ukuhambela iViking ubukhulu becala kwakukuhambo lokurhweba olwaludla ngokuphanga. Kodwa ke xa ndithetha inyani, bekukho nohambo olunenjongo zalo ziphambili ibikukuphanga imimandla yonxweme lwangaphandle.
IiViking zaseSweden
Nanku umahluko phakathi kwe "Swedish" kunye ne "Danish / Norwegian" Vikings. Uhambo lwaseDenmark naseNorway lwaya ngasentshona, lujolise eNtshona Yurophu naseNgilani. AbaseSweden, kwelinye icala, baya ngasempuma, ubukhulu becala eRashiya namhlanje kwaye kamva baya eByzantium kunye neCalphate.
I-Runestones kunye nezinto zakudala ezifunyanwa kwimpuma ye-Sweden nakwisiqithi sase-Gotland zibonisa ukuba urhwebo phakathi kwempuma ye-Sweden kunye ne-Near East lwalunamandla ngeli xesha lembali. Olu hambo luqala rhoqo kwiindawo zentengiso ezinje nge "Birka", ebekwe kwisiqithi eLake Mälaren, hayi kude namhlanje ukusuka eStockholm.
IiViking zahlala kwidolophu yaseRussia iNovgorod, eyayibiza ngokuba yi "Holmgard." Ngokuhamba kwexesha ifuthe lakhe kubomi bezoqoqosho nezopolitiko lakhula kwaye lathatha isigqibo. Ngokwengxelo ebhalwe ngenkulungwane ye-12th AD, iiViking zaseSweden zazingabaseki baseRashiya.
Nangona oku kungenakwenzeka, iimpembelelo zeVikings zisabonakala. Igama laseRashiya umzekelo, mhlawumbi livela kwelinye lamagama aseSweden amaViking, "ruser."