Polynesia/ CHAPTER 6

Reflection:
Throughout Indonesia the boats represented simple dugout canoes. Chapter 6 goes into talking about how the Vikings settled in southern Scandinavia. In this location there were Germanic people were they all shared a common language called Norse. There varieties of culture, religion and many more within this civilization. During the winters people had trouble relying on the crops, so the people had to hunt instead in order to survive. People that lived in the north sea relied on ships for trade and also communication.
In Denmark, the people built boats that were called "longboats". During this time religion was a big issue. Christians deemed Viking raids punishment because they believed that it was attributing it to Gods' doing. During this era there were migrations in order for people to explore opportunities. Within the Viking homeland people nourished trade. Which led some cities to be wealthy. During this period, within the Polynesia community people at that time could not read or write, so people could not write/ record history until the Europeans reached the Pacific around 16th century. People within this period left evidence such as photos of canoes and many sources and texts that scholars had once used to reconstruct lost world of Vikings and Polynesians.