New Viking DNA research yields unexpected information about who they were

EurekAlert! ^ | September 16, 2020 | Simon Fraser University

[zaxtres]

I find it interesting that the 1619 Project wants to blame the United States when it was NOT the United States but the Brits who colonized North America. There is a difference in this but then again there are people who believe North America had no history before 1619.

Another interesting development is the people who built the pyramids have said to not be slaves as was previously denoted. How much of this is true we will never know.

The slave trade as was in the West originated from the Arabs and was first introduced into the West by them. The West ever the capitalist opportunist found there could be money to be made. And the Western slave trade industry was born. Make sure you include the fact that the slave trade is still going strong in Sudan. However some people are calling this human trafficking. The slaves in the Sudan are being sent to places like the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where the word for black is the same as the word for slave - abed (phonetically spelled in English). The slave trade originated with black tribes of Africa selling their prisoners of war into slavery.

[familyop]

Oh, yeah. Everyone is part something else.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_wars_in_Europe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genghis_Khan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_during_the_occupation_of_Germany

[stanne]

The Vikings went, among other places, to Ireland. Irish went to Australia.

[I-ambush]

And they can’t beat the Packers.

[melsec]

Vikings on both sides of my family. Dad’s side from Northern Ireland and Mother’s side from Normandy. Irish side were short with Brown or red hair. French side tall and strong with dark hair. What we expect to see is not always what happens. In fact the unexpected is probably more the rule

[Bull Snipe]

any cutthroat who could make himself understood and liked the action would wind up in the crew.

Ships, like the gallows, refuse no man.

[PIF]

and I believe I just read somewhere that there are more slaves in the world today then America had pre-civil war

[Adder]

But...but...but...only Americans thought their slaves were degenerates and fit only for slavery to a superior race.

/s

[Chickensoup]

When I adopted my black children Sowell helped me make sense of race and gave me an international perspective that took away the American drama

[SkyPilot]

They also found evidence that there was significant gene flow into Scandinavia from the British Isles, Southern Europe, and Asia before and during the Viking Age, which further undermines the image of the Vikings as 'pure' Scandinavians. Another discovery that runs counter to the standard image of the Vikings is that many had brown hair, not blonde hair.

Yeah, sure.

But don't fret - in the next Hollywood movie, all of the Vikings will be black anyway.

[Deplorable American1776]

They aren’t FOOTBALL PLAYERS?

[Little Ray]

Makes sense.
They invade or colonize other lands, have kids with the local women and the kids are vikings, too.

[unread]

All of this is just dripping with male sexism and is extremely raciest../s

[Wuli]

The Vikings did not always slaughter all enemies they encountered. They could and would take in “new comers” that chose the join them. It is NOT mysterious that their total gene pool went beyond Scandinavia, beyond the original lands of the Vikings.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks all! As the account goes, the Varangian guard got that job when their leader hung his shield on the gates of Constantinople. Viking mercenaries helped hold the line and even turned the tide here and there (such as in Sicily, led by Hardraada).

Rurik and his brothers arrive in Staraya Ladoga.

Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov

Amusing and interesting sidebar, but blue language, not safe for work:

• Basil the Bulgar-Slayer -- Badass of the Week

[SunkenCiv]

More about the polyglot nature of the Guard:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varangian_Guard

[nicollo]

Baddass history is awesome — not sure I can use it in the classroom, but I love the enthusiasm!

Glad to see that Dan Carlin has infected the discipline.

[SunkenCiv]

The ferocious seafaring vikings were a feared Scandinavian invader from the late 700’s AD. Over three centuries their ships carried the ruthless warriors to nearby and distant lands, which included the British Isles and northern Europe. They ranged as far as Northern Africa, the Middle East, the Mediterranean and present day Turkey and Canada. Doing battle as pirates, raiders and traders, the Viking voyagers formed settlements and governments in many parts of the world, establishing themselves and their descendents as rulers and nobility.

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