I agree. For another example, we have a whole period earlier on called the La Tène culture simply because that's where the people who named it first excavated.

I agree. For another example, we have a whole period earlier on called the La Tène culture simply because that's where the people who named it first excavated. The same goes for Hallstatt culture etc. As long as we teach people that viking was a "profession" not a demonym, we need a word to describe the time period so the viking age as "the age during which viking happened, even if not everyone took part" is good enough. Also, this: https://acoup.blog/2020/11/20/miscellanea-my-thoughts-on-assassins-creed-valhalla/ https://acoup.blog/2020/11/20/miscellanea-my-thoughts-on-ass... mentions a much bigger problem, in my opinion, with how the period is treated in popular culture.