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The oldest functioning parliaments on the Earth are the Tynwald in the Isle of Man and the Althingi on Iceland.
Both pure Viking with nada Graeco-Roman influence.

Nice, but a side issue with no relevance. How did they influence modern thoughts on culture, law, and government in the West, mainly U.S. is the issue. The answer is: some, but very little compared to Greece and Rome. I'm still not convinced either you or WW make a convincing point that Viking-Germanic tribes one and all, (although seperate in some ways to continental German tribes)with their not unique idea of "rights of free men" and rather insignificant "parliments" (councils of landed lords is the proper equivalent) outweigh the influence of Greece and Rome on US traditions. Agian I urge everyone to reference writings by Thomas Jefferson (sorry, I can't quote a source, it has been a while since I read anything on him, either)