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Viking Age

the period of European history characterised by Viking raids and trading
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Viking Age
Nicholas Roerich · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Viking Age is a historical period[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of historical period entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,667 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Continent: Europe[3]
  • Instance of: archaeological period[4]
  • Location: Northern Europe[5]
  • Part of: history of Europe[6], history of Scandinavia[7]
  • Commons category: Viking Age[8]
  • Start time: 793[9]
  • End time: 1066[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Viking Age[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12], Wikipedia:WikiProject 1000 important articles about Denmark[13]

Why It Matters

Viking Age has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

history of Europe Vikings

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3ot3b7
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  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Start time → —
    End time → +1066-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Continent → Europe
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 12738, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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