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Re:Mass starvation is humanity’s fate if we keep flogging th... by JPLeRouzic on Thursday November 01, 2018 @03:45AM (#18351994)
Actually Vikings invaded much of western Europe as well as Ukraine earlier starting in 800AD in response to Carolus Magnus proselytism, and it is contested that they were "murdering and pillaging". Most probably this vision was propagated by their enemies in the Christian world.

We do not know for the "mass famines", but this time was the Medieval Warm Period (800–1300). It is thought that between c. 950 and c. 1100 was the Northern Hemisphere's warmest period since the Roman Warm Period.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_Age

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Re:Mass starvation is humanity’s fate if we keep flogging th... by erpaa on Thursday November 01, 2018 @04:18AM (#18352094)
Ok. "Oppressed people of Ukraine invited vikings (ie russians) to rule them." I do not know much history, but this snippet from Putin's speech from 2014 comes to mind.
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Re:Mass starvation is humanity’s fate if we keep flogging th... by petre on Thursday November 01, 2018 @05:21AM (#18352307)
The historical reality is quite different.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varangians#Kievan_Rus'

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