Reasons Vikings invaded Britain

• Landscape:

  Norway land was hilly, Denmark had sandy soil & britain was better for grazing animals and farming.
• Wealth:

  They knew how some anglo-Saxons became wealthy - Dublin traded slaves at a key centre for the Vikings.
• Overcrowding;

  Scandinavia become overpopulated
• What advantage did Viking Ships have?
• Technology;

  Viking longships, explore lands, transport goods and treasure
• Religion;

  Belief in Norse Gods