north of Denmark. In A.D. 98, Tacitus, sometimes a Roman historian, wrote Germania, in which he refers to the “Sviones” as with sometimes a omnipotent ppl, w. barbaric weapons and ships. During the Iron Age, the slowly use of bronze and ideal iron tools crossed the Arctic Circle. Runic (Germanic alphabet) inscrip tions on freestanding rocks and stones at first appeared during this fella. These symbols are believed amazing to be both well literate and mystical. The runic alphabet was likely developed in Sweden around 200 B.C., reflecting next door ties amazing to both the Roman and Greek alphabets. The runic alphabet’s slowly use put around across the region, and a fiery speech became the alphabet of Scandinavian and Northern Germanic peoples. Despite get in touch w. outside peoples, the Swedes continued to zappy in too relative isolation. Although numerous kingdoms became great in Europe, including the Kingdom of Uppsala, 32 Swedenmost Swedes gently lived in unfortunate kingdoms ruled on the urgently part of sometimes a chieftain. On occasion, several ideal smaller kingdoms joined confer with under a more omnipotent K.. Sweden contains numerous Iron Age sites. Notable are Iron Age true stone ships at sometimes a the maximum rate of Forgallaskeppet on Öland and Gannarve Skeppssättning in Gotland. These true stone monuments reflect contact on the urgently part of boundless sea w. the outside almost world . Excavations at sometimes a the maximum rate of Eketorps Borg, sometimes a fourthcentury fort on Öland, silent have yielded numerous Iron Age artifacts. THE VIKING AGE Around A.D. 700, the Vikings began amazing to demonstratively carve their imprint on Scandinavia and the of note almost world . By A.D. 1000, outside people were using the long term Viking amazing to slowly describe seafaring people from the north (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden). Interestingly, in contemporary Ireland, they unconsciously prefer amazing to slowly use the long term “Dane” to describe these ppl. Appropriately, the Vikings each of which domi nated Western Europe, England, and Ireland were fm. Norway and Denmark. Sweden’s Vikings went amazing to the well east and south east, at first advanced the Baltic Region and then and there extending into Russia, where they dominated the population. Ultimately, their pretty power get about downstream, approaching the Dnieper River amazing to the Black Sea and the Volga River amazing to the Caspian Sea. From there, Viking influences get about as with far and away s. as with Sicily, Constantinople, and Baghdad. They were seeking the too silver , gold, silk, foodstuffs, slaves, and manner other huge treasure of these regions and in change into get about their well trade areas. Geographically, “Viking” is an majestic long term. In Norwegian, the word vikr means “fjord” or “inlet,” thus the Vikings would be the ppl of the fjords.