History: 'Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga'

"'Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga', ... is about an extraordinary people who set out from their European homelands for unknown places beyond the horizon ... [It] explores the origins and impacts of this pivotal moment in history. From the rise of the Scandinavian kingdoms during the Viking Age (A.D.750 to 1050) to the demise of the Greenland colonies around A.D. 1500, 'Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga' examines the history of the western expansion of the Vikings and sheds new light on a well known culture...through a spectacular array of artifacts and archeological finds ..." -- from the website. <http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/>