Comments by "Magnús Örn" (@magnusorn7313) on "The Infographics Show" channel.

  1. so where the romans
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  2. " shivered in their boots" sure but they still managed to take paris a few times and gain normandy "price of visiting Scotland is death" certainly the romans and the anglos saxons would have agreed
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  3. "turned to" they where force to
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  4. im pretty sure the united states elite forces would have been better than the mongol empire
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  5.  @Кристина_Шульц  because they where decentralized
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  6. they gave up after christainty forced its greasy paws throughout norse society
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  7. raiding was less of an extra income, it was a necessity because of the trade bans charlemagne forced Christianity to place on pagans
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  8. except we dont have direct proof of that no matter how popular the theory is it should not be treated like its an in stone fact
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  9. so paris didnt happen?
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  10. at the edge of a sword so would any society
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  11. the danes started the viking age, but they where the first out as well
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  12. also raided paris a few times but watever, not like they keeled over and gave rollo normandy
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  13. becasue thats a hypothesis
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  14. so did most peoples even the christian anglo saxons would raid the celts in ireland for slaves who they would sell
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  15.  @spacefertilizer  "peacefully" flashback to crusades, genocides, destruction of holy sites, burning temples,christians selling pagan slaves from ireland, charlemagnes wars,pagan prosecution in conquered lands
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  16. well not full equals, inheritance right where in favor of males for example but yes, women had quite a lot of rights in norse society, even being favored when it came to handling family finances
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  17. yikes
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  18. couldnt since germany didnt exist
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  19. yet you turks didnt have mongols in the elite guard for some reason
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  20. eh christians did worse
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  21.  @cheschafer3494  if a bunch of stonemasons move out of a country that does not explain why it topped being a thing, more would have popped up what is important is why there werent any new vikings popping up
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  22.  @johannesklohse8115  not in a spiritual sense, in a quite literal cultural genocide way (with some regular genocide in the mix)
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  23. you mean like in vietnam? oh wait, americans still lost it
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  24. if the US army going to the middle east to steal their oil as retaliation for 911 is terrorism, then yeah
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  25. whats RC?
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  26. well, assuming that the mitochondrial dna on the shawl really is from jack the ripper, you would be able to narrow it down pretty far, it would have to be someone alive at the time, and in or around london that might narrow it down a lot or not at all, depends on how many in london at the time shared the same mitochondrial dna, it might have been rare, maybe not
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  27. no
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  28. in training yes, but easily corruptible and their tactics where basically none existent, they would use the same formation each time and use the same tactics
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  29.  @emo81309  no the english word vikings does not mean raiding the old norse word viking does mean raiding the english word viking is the translation of the old norse word vikingr
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  30. technically knights had been a thing since the third century with the " Ordo Equestris" in ancient rome but knight comes from the germanic word "knegt" since the first orders of knighthood were created in 1019 in northern germany
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  31. ​ @squakrock  raids did not stop in the 800s even in 1066, harald hadrada raided england (although unsuccessful this is commonly considered the last raid) but i will list more raids that were after 800 886 - Alfred divides England with the Danes under the Danelaw pact. 900 - The Vikings raid along the Mediterranean coast. 911 - The Viking chief Rollo is granted land by the Franks and founds Normandy in France. 941 - Rus Vikings attack Constantinople (Istanbul). 991 – Æthelred II pays the first Danegeld ransom to stop Danish attacks on England. after this there is a series of england going between danish and angle rule until 1066 whern normans take over finally
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  32. i know, its nice
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  33. im pretty sure they didnt have bullet proof vests dude
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  34. maybe because byzantine emplyed the vikings and owned greece
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  35. caugh*normandy,danelaw,varenguanguard,kievanrus*caugh
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  36. that and concentration camps ps. rice farmers
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  37. danelaw, normandy, kievan rus that and they held back christian genocide long enough for their home to convert semi peacefully
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  38. we have archaeology of blacksmithies from the time, not only that but actual artifacts that show the present craftmanship
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  39. when and where?
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  40. except not exactly since theres no direct proof
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  41. caugh paris caught heathen army caught
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  42. no, nothing to do with the handles, the handles werent bone or maybe they where, we dont know because the handles are all gone but they actually but the bones into the iron itself, likely smashed into bits and powder or burnt so it would crumble apart but either way it ended up in the iron where it made it into steel
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  43. where? who are they raiding?
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  44. christians where the same
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  45. he was never called a "berserker"
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  46.  @Princeofmellon  ​ the battlefield here is actually pretty even spartan bronze armor was strong and their spear wall was something many armies couldnt face, yes, but the vikings had steel and tactics when it comes to tactics the vikings culture had been one that had developed centuries of tactics against spear walls sparta only had one tactic because they could use the spear wall so well and no one could do that much about it
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  47. nah thats not them, they where replaced under christian law, so not its the christains facing modern issues not vikings
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  48. *Christians
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  49. vikings werent a race
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  50. they where a product of christian hostility they ended because of the change brought by implementing christian law they had a hyper masculine culture, as opposed to spartan hyper militant culture which is a war culture, its like the difference of "im strong" and "we are strong" they had less of the "we are strong" aspect they where diplomacy first and men of action second, so when christianity banned trade with pagans...
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  51. but how would that stop more vikigns from popping up?
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  52. but he was the one who was nailed to the cross... did he put the nails in himself?
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  53.  @georgegera5708  there is a reason we call it the viking age
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  54. yes, because ALL norwegians where vikings...
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  55. viking is a old norse noun, for raid, to go viking "fara í víking" was to go raiding in old norse a person who went viking was the noun vikingr the english work viking is a translation of the word viking
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  56.  @seedy80  to raid is a verb, but you would not to viking, as its not an action, raid in english can also be a nous as in there was a raid, we are going to a raid viking specifically was the second, as it was not something you did, it was something you went on you would go camping but it was actually more like going to a camp not everything can translate to english, fara í víking translates closes to "going on a raid" not "going raiding" it was a thing not an action going on a boat ride, the boat ride itself is a thing on which you go, going being the verb
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  57. well consider the fact that the spartans where centuries earlier so they did not have the same tactical and technological advancements as the vikings had
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  58. did you miss the whole point about slaves? or did you just ignore it so you had an imaginary argument to complain about?
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  59. when was paris lightly defended?
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  60.  @TheVandal118  "Anglo Saxons were pretty weak during the Viking age. Before then, we were badass. Vikings are what reunified us though, we did win in the end ofcourse." before that they werent even anglo saxons, they where romano-celts and they werent even strong either since they where beaten by the anglos and saxons
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  61. "western version" key part
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  62. no the christians where that, they killed thousands trying to convert the germanics in england the vikings are more of an allegory for the united states reacting to 911 by sending all their forces to the middle east and taking their oil
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  63. when are we talking here? because if its in the viking age 700-1000 AD then the spartans are already gone, mongols arent there yet, probably still not be an empire for a few more centuries and the celts would be weak after having their islands invades so many times the most likely in that time period to succeed the most would be the vikings which is why it was the viking age, it was the perfect time for them
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  64.  @eccentriconyt  well then its up to the fantasy itself any could come up top depending on what is fantasized
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  65. they also formed danelaw, normandy, kievan rus and also comprised the varangian guard
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  66.  jokesonu420  two different haralds
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  67. because concepts like that are depended on the society you live in
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  68. alhough that is just a hypothesis but people repeat it as if its a fact
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  69. who would win: some boaty boys who sailed south VS the capital city of the wealthy byzantine empire which spanned more land than the vikings even knew existed
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  70. Also known as ..... ..... Drumsss Christians
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  71. its not fair since they are so far chronologically apart
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  72.  @davecakeman1734  no no, youre right, vikings where called danes by the anglo saxons, because that was the scandinavian group they traded with the most, norwegians raided England as well but it is likely they recorded them as danes all the same
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  73. i dont know much about isis are they a retaliation to their people being genocided and assimilated?
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  74. imagine knowing this little about history
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  75. because its become a cultural joke! why are you so uncultured, everyone and their mother KNOW vikings didnt have horns, yet because of pop culture thats how we decide to portray them because its a small laugh, they know that you know horned helms where not a thing in the viking age
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  76. hard to compare forces separated by centuries
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  77. you mean the 2002 action film?
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  78. similar to what the americans are doing in the middle east
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  79.  @almightybunny3320  as if they werent already more civilized than their neighbors
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  80. not fair to compare societies so far away from each other im time, the vikings would have hardened iron and in some cases steel whilst spartans had bronze, not to mention the advanced battle tactics the vikings gained from when rome and germania fought, at the time sparta had okay battle tactics but it wasnt anything to marvel at since it was early stuff
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  81. if you look into what christians did to pagans then vikings would be the modern day equivalent of sending your military to a country to steal their resources as retaliation for a terrorist attack like the usa in the middle east after 911
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  82. yea sure, the byzantine emperor employed guards who only wore deer skin, he must have had an IQ of 200 like you
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  83.  @Princeofmellon  spartans fought with bronze and only had one battle tactic how on earth would the adaptable vikings armed with iron and steel not win?
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  84. social democrats dont either
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  85. yes... the moors killed ALL the vikings... are you not able to see the issue here?
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  86. surprized the picts never conqured anything then
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  87. vikings where not an ethnic group
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  88. or thats at least what the articles say
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  89. guys, finland shares a lot of swedish heritage because of migration and having shared rulership. not to mention they where interacted with throughout the viking age
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  90. "gave" no, christians showed up and implemented their equivalent of sharia law they are still recovering from that
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  91. they did that, but they also took part in taking paris a couple of times and in serving as byzantine royal guards
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  92. as if they werent?
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  93. that would be everyone it would be hard to find a people who never had or where slaves
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  94.  @arnowisp6244  they caused it in the first place, they deserve no praise
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  95.  @arnowisp6244  the only reason they had to raid is becasue the christains hated them so much, genocide, forced conversion, armies looming at the border and most importantly total ban on trade with them trade was crucial to norse society, and suddenly they couldnt trade with most of their southern neighbors this led to the swedes going east to other pagans and making their way down to Byzantium a willing trade partner who was wealthy and for danes so sustain their society which experienced economic struggles which lead to a gender imbalance as make offspring was favored since it made more economic sense, this lead to an inflation of dowry prices thats just some of the results of the trade bans, the christians where willing to topple their society for believing in "the wrong religion"
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  96. no
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  97. it was norse sailors that found canada 500 years before columbus but the vikings never went to rome, we have an account where a group of norse raiders sailing down the coast of italy think they found rome and they sack it but it was just a walled city
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  98. yea but why
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  99.  Ryan Lajara  as if that matters, they are already christians
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  100.  @stantorren4400  "to stop deaths" the viking age was essentially a backlash to the christians killing "heathens" heard what charlamagne did to the anglo saxons?
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  101. the two of us are also descended from blacksmiths and shoe makers that does not make us blacksmiths and shoe makers
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  102. well less the climate, economic factors where much larger
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  103. "no gender or wealth gap" learn to listen before you intentionally get outraged
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  104. nice, i dint know, thats funny, thanks
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  105. existance of the varangian guard seems to disagree
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  106. oh no, healthcare! that must mean snif snif its the soviet union!! RUN!!! aaaaaaaaaAAA!
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  107. "of all the time"
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  108. it was at it strongest when its followers spread it by conquest and subjugation
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