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Were the Vikings really that violent?

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The Viking Age lasted from about A.D. 793 to 1066, coinciding with Europe 's Middle Ages .

With fast and mobile longships, the Vikings were experts at launching surprise attacks from the sea.

The Vikings were largely preliterate; they left only a few runes of their activities.