Humanities Alive 8 VC 3E

SkillBuilder

Use the SkillBuilder activities to develop these Historical concepts and skills: • HISTORICAL QUESTIONS • CHRONOLOGY

• USING HISTORICAL SOURCES • CONTINUITY AND CHANGE • CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES • HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE • COMMUNICATING

930 Althing is established in Iceland.

995 King Olaf Tryggvason imposes Christianity on Norway.

1000 Leif Eriksson reputedly sails from Iceland to North America.

1066 Battle of Hastings and the last true Viking attack on England.

900

1000

1100

CE

985 Harald Bluetooth dies.

1000 Christianity is adopted in Iceland.

1014 Vikings lose Battle of Clontarf, ending their hold on Ireland.

1016 Danish forces conquer England.

TOPIC7 The Vikings 153

Made with FlippingBook interactive PDF creator