NORSE

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

• The norse had a rigid social order separated into two groups, the serfs and frees.
• The serfs endured miserable lives as pretty much slaves. The serfs shared tiny huts that the serfs built out of timber, sod, and clay. Also, the serfs had to do the work or bidding for the frees.
• The frees were separated into tiers with the warriors, earls, and kings in the upper tier. Most Norse people were peasants who had jobs as a farmer or a freeman who chose his job which usually meant farmer, artisan, or craftsmen.
• The earls and warriors were the wealthiest and were known under the upper class who had lots of power and money.
• The earls and warriors respect was counted in ships, treasures, followers, and estates. And when the warrior or earl died his stuff would be passed down to his eldest son. During the winter, they would live in their estates, repair their items so for the spring they could set out on voyaged.

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

• The norse used runes as their alphabet and would write on surfaces like wood or stone. This carving was a long process so they didn't keep it on record keeping.
• Instead of writing, poetry was used to tell the events of the Norse. These poems were written by skalds. Skalds would recite their poems to kings or the rich of many different countries.

customs and traditions

• All Norse men were required to carry weapons with permits.
• They would sometimes use hunting bows in battle.

Customs and Traditions

• There were three main groups of Vikings: Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian.
• The Vikings religion was a polytheistic religion. 
• Most of the famous Vikings in their society were warriors.
• Vikings were usually farmers and fisherman, they only raided when their cal
• When local leaders called them, Vikings would raid, trade, or seek new land

CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS

• The Vikings were the people that believed in Norse mythology.
• The Vikings were traditionally farmers, merchants, and craftsman 
• The vikings practiced Asatru 
• The Vikings were great sailors, with great ships and navigation

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LANGUAGE

• There were two main languages that the vikings used, futhark and futhorc.
• Futhark was the first language used by vikings, It was later modified by t
• Elder futhark can also be written in an encoded version. Each letter consi
• Futhark had 28 letters but when it changed into futhorc five new letters we
• Both languages were runic so they were mostly found on hard surfaces explai

Language

• Traditionally futhark has 24 letters arranged in three rows each with eight
• Gothic runes were one of the first languages adapted from futhark
• The anglo saxons of the fifth century created futhorc

LANGUAGE

• IT is very possible that futhark was adapted from either greek or etruscan
• In futhark the letter c and q aren't used
• Two common diagraphs TH and NG are used through only one letter
• When using futhark C makes the same sound as K, the same goes for J it makes the same sound as Y

ARTS AND LITERATURE

ARTS AND LITERATURE

NORWAY GOVERNMENT

• General elections every 4 years
• Led by prime minister

RELIGION

• Religious belief of settlers can be divided into two categories; that is pagan and belief of supernatural forces
• Freyr was the male god of fertility
• Loki the crafty played many nasty tricks on the gods, he is responsible for baldurs death
• Odin was the god of poetry, sorcery and rune craft, and the god of death and war
• Thor was the son of Odin and Jord, his symbol was the hammer

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

• The fundamental economy was agriculture that included agriculture, fishing, and sea trade.
• They mainly lived by the sea where they could farm, fish, and trade.
• Slavery performed an important role in economy as well as agriculture, such as livestock.
• Wheat wasn't grow successfully because of the soil north of southern Norway.
• Their greatest achievements were shipbuilding and navigation.

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

• The viking age was when vikings sailed to the British Isles and east Russia, colonizing the land as they went and the warriors who sailed, raiding and destroying monastries, villages, and settlements as they progressed.