The Land of Meadows

The beginning of the Viking Age in 793 saw the expansion of the Norse people and their traditions across Northern, and eventually all of, Europe. As the Medieval Warm Period settled in, the population of Scandinavia exploded and soon more land was needed to provide for the growing number of Norsemen. This expansion, as well as a pursuit for riches, saw the Norse travel south to Africa, East to Russia, and even West to the edges of North America. In 985, Erik the Red reached Greenland, where he established a new colony, and around the year 1000, Leif Ericson, son of Erik the Red, had reached Vinland and establish a settlement there of several hundred people. He called the new area Vinland, meaning "land of wine," or as it was also known "the land of meadows," because of its rich soil and potential for growth. While in our timeline the settlement ultimately failed because of conflicts with the natives, this timeline explores what would have happened had Leif Ericson succeeded in establishing and preserving a Norse colony in North America and the implications and the changes that resulted.

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List of Nations

Conflicts and Wars

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