Why did not the viking age begin earlier

>>3238079
Climate

>>3238080
pretty much

>>3238079
not good enough ships, not good enough weather, not enough people.

>>3238079
>Wessex: taken
>Dublin, Wexford etc.: not taken
I don't know much about the Viking, but if I can spot those mistakes, then I'm guessing there's plenty else that's wrong with that map.

Dumb blondes

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>>3238079
>that map, {{{Norman Sicilly}}}
>not glorious Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Shame on you OP! Also, where is glorious Principality of Antioch, this is rightful Norman clay!

>>3238101
Cnut the Great took Wessex tho

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>>3238143
Yo Wessex, a dumb blond called Cnut killed your daddy and raped your mom!

>>3238079
>Norman Sicily
Normans weren't Vikings

>we wuz normans

>>3238079
>Norman Sicily
>doesnt include the parts of Ireland that were conquered
What a shit map

>>3238167
De Hauteville's sure as fuck were Vikings, no good Christian boy would do what they did!
I'm sure Robert Guiscard is feasting with the gods in Valhall!