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The Vikings, pt. 2 -- Into Distant Realms

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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The Early One Thousands of the Viking Age

Norsemen actually made an attempt to coexist peacefully with these so-called squalings or little ugly people. The Norse clearly were not aware that only some populations in the world produce enzymes enabling them to digest dairy particularly lactose and most likely these indigenous people they encountered were lactose intolerant. After just a few years the Norse withdrew from vinland back to greenland but it's clear that relations between the Norse colonists and the local people spiraled into hostility and cycles of warfare.

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