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30,000 Vikings settle in iceland in 60 years.
三千维京人在冰岛驻扎了六十年
And they set up colonies in greenland.
他们在格陵兰岛建立殖民地
The big crisis in the Viking civilization was farmland.
维京人文明面临的最大危机就是缺少耕地
So the Vikings would set off to find new farmland,
所以维京人需要出征去寻找新的耕地
and Greenland was one of the big real estate promotions,
而格陵兰岛就是那些庞大不动产之一
they called it green land to get people to move there.
他们称其为绿色大地就是为了让人们搬去那里
It's not actually green, you know!
但其实它并不是绿色的
From greenland, they'll push on to North America,
从格林兰岛出发 他们一路前进去到北美
The first Europeans, 500 years before Columbus.
是第一批欧洲人 比哥伦布还要早五百年
By 1000 A.D., Vikings settle
公元一千年 维京人定居在
Among many of the communities they once attacked.
他们曾经攻击的大多数地区里
Novgorod in russia, kiev in the ukraine,
前苏联的诺夫哥罗德 乌克兰的基辅
Rouen in france, york in england, dublin in ireland,
法国的鲁昂 英格兰的约克 爱尔兰的都柏林
All transformed into cities by the Vikings.
都在维京人到来之后转型为城市
They convert to Christianity,
他们变成了基督徒
Replacing pagan shrines with great churches,
在异教的祠堂上重建宏伟的教堂
Reinventing themselves as European knights.
他们重塑自我 自封欧洲骑士
