> [..] time period (~800 to ~1050) [..] the first time we appear in history. Some interesting new developments with that recently. In 2008-2010 two Viking ship

> [..] time period (~800 to ~1050) [..] the first time we appear in history. Some interesting new developments with that recently. In 2008-2010 two Viking ships were discovered in Saaremaa, Estonia. The ships (or the bits that's left of them) have been dated to be from around 650–750. There were some 40+ Swedish men buried with these ships after some sort of battle. [1][2][3] These findings move Viking military action outside of Scandinavia to a time before Lindisfarne. The archaeologists believe the men died in a battle some time between 700 and 750, perhaps almost as much as a century before the Viking Age officially began. -- [1] https://www.archaeology.org/issues/95-1307/features/941-vikings-saaremaa-estonia-salme-vendel-oseberg https://www.archaeology.org/issues/95-1307/features/941-viki... [2] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269403778_RESEARCH_RESULTS_OF_THE_SALME_SHIP_BURIALS_IN_2011-2012 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269403778_RESEARCH_... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salme_ships https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salme_ships