Antwerp Freight Museum - Allison
Visiting the Antwerp freight museum we learned about the historic and roots of trading. Vikings were the first great traders, not barbarians, contrary to popular opinion. They had advancements in ship building and sailing that allowed them to travel up and down the west coast of Europe efficiently; trading goods and establishing or enhancing settlements. Through these settlements their trading grew and created the basic concepts of what we now call the trading and shipping industry.
posted by Allison Diederich @ June 01, 2022
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I found it interesting of how the vikings were portrayed vs what they actually were. As you said, they were traders, but in many paintings on display at the museum they were portrayed as barbarians. The horns they are famous for were not even accurate, just ways to make them seem more monsterous.
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