Scandinavian cohesion comes from small scale, cold indoor sociability, cooperation under harsh climate, and surrounding enemies.
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Scandinavian cohesion comes from small scale, cold indoor sociability, cooperation under harsh climate, and surrounding enemies.
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Recent research shows Bronze Age globalization included the British Isles and Scandinavia, regions often left out of older Bronze Age accounts.
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"So it's expected that Alexander the Great will behave the way of Achilles in the Iliad. How did Achilles behave? Achilles saw himself as..."
"Okay? They're really small countries, millions of people. Everyone knows each other. If you go to Denmark, everyone knows the prime minister of Denmark...."
"...encompassed. Okay? So, this is Britain. This is Ireland. This is Scandinavia. Okay? This is important because if you study history, the British Isles,..."
"But recent research has shown us that it's all interconnected. Okay? Okay. So, as I mentioned, these are trade networks. Okay? And these gray..."
"...all of Europe is brought into this trading network. This is Scandinavia. And as you can see, there's a lot of trade focused on..."
"...is something that we've not known before. We just assumed that Scandinavia didn't actually exist back then. It did exist. Okay? And it's a..."
"...understand is that these Viking raids would drive population growth in Scandinavia, and then this would drive further Viking expansion throughout the world. Okay?..."
"...is called Longhouse. All right? And so because the weather in Scandinavia, it's very cold for most of the year, these are very social..."
"...Okay? Let's pretend that you are a 16 -year -old in Scandinavia and you're about 800. Okay? That's when the Viking Age begins. By..."
"...to shoot an arrow. Okay? If I dropped you anywhere in Scandinavia, you're able to find your way home. You'll be able to fight..."
"...that as Charlemagne and this Holy Roman Empire expanded, it threatened Scandinavia, and so the Vikings had to come out and challenge him. Okay?..."
"...Arabia, the steppes, and the Germanic north. Okay? What we call Scandinavia today. Okay?"
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