History With Hilbert

Did Cows Doom The Norse Colony On Greenland? (2020x9)

Yayınlanma tarihi: Mar 11, 2020

Get MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/historywithhilbert & get an exclusive offer extended to our viewers: an extra month FREE. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 2,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history Norse explorers sited the landmass of Greenland already early on in the 10th Century, though the first permanent colony was founded there by Erik the Red in 985, after which it continued to be inhabited by Scandinavians into the 15th Century when the settlement disappeared. In this video I put forward the theory that the Norse obsession and cultural prestige attached to the rearing of cattle played a role in their demise. Go Fund My Windmills (Patreon): https://www.patreon.com/HistorywithHilbert Join in the Banter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistorywHilbert Enter the Fray on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HistorywHilbert/ Indulge in some Instagram..?(the alliteration needs to stop): https://www.instagram.com/historywithhilbert/ Music Used: "Dub Feral" - Kevin MacLeod "Echoes of Time" - Kevin MacLeod "Lost Frontier" - Kevin MacLeod "Expeditionary" - Kevin MacLeod "Ritual” - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Send me an email if you'd be interested in doing a collaboration! historywithhilbert@gmail.com #Vikings #Norse #Greenland