Vikings in Spain
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Impact of the Vikings on the Population
Vikings spent a whole month just raiding, not just on the coast, but also inland. Their response to the population is very different. They have to sleep, severe, for instance, is emptied of inhabitants. All populations are decimated. The same thing happens during other periods in places like Alistia where the response is in the building of defenses. Andalusi fleet that I was mentioning before, just some years later, manages to block the entrance of Vikings through the Strait of Gibraltar as they come in from the Mediterranean.
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