tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18361181.post6638449374336578607..comments2024-03-15T02:59:15.393-05:00Comments on The Troll Dens: When the World was Warmer StillTroll Lordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01473890012472557047noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18361181.post-20894910757971863252012-02-12T11:40:03.802-06:002012-02-12T11:40:03.802-06:00Have you checked out the book called Collapse, by ...Have you checked out the book called Collapse, by Jared Diamond? He has a chapter about why the Vikings in Greenland faded away. That book and Guns, Germs, and Steel, are good reads for world design.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935331722379232594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18361181.post-82109902031073077942012-01-31T13:50:15.561-06:002012-01-31T13:50:15.561-06:00Indeed. There's also a pretty decent celtic (r...Indeed. There's also a pretty decent celtic (read Irish) in the Icelandic settlements. The Irish are everywhere! ;)Troll Lordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01473890012472557047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18361181.post-14308926369685677932012-01-31T11:41:13.501-06:002012-01-31T11:41:13.501-06:00Also, being part Irish I've read up on quite a...Also, being part Irish I've read up on quite a bit of Irish history. And I'm proud to say they were more successful than most nations at fighting off the marauding Vikings! At least most of the time.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04132556436493370782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18361181.post-13384378579624421742012-01-31T11:36:38.629-06:002012-01-31T11:36:38.629-06:00I'm finishing up a good book on Viking history...I'm finishing up a good book on Viking history by a very good historian who speaks of their interaction with the new world in matter of fact tones, suggesting it was more common than we probably realize. And I had no idea that the local indian tribes expanded their own hunting grounds with the ice and helped put pressure on the Greenland settlements. Vikings are pretty dirn cool.Troll Lordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01473890012472557047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18361181.post-40968875186280196452012-01-31T11:23:40.981-06:002012-01-31T11:23:40.981-06:00Very evocative images. I've always been a huge...Very evocative images. I've always been a huge fan of Viking lore, as well as Icelandic sagas.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04132556436493370782noreply@blogger.com