New nations
In Roman times, England and France were occupied by Celtic tribes. In the 5th century, the Franks from Germany invaded Gaul and created a Frankish kingdom, the original France. A tribe called the Angles crossed the English Channel to conquer what became known as Angle-land, or England.

• The Vikings reached America around AD 1000. They settled for a short time and traded with the Native Americans.
• Viking raids on Britain began in AD 793 with an attack on the Lindisfarne monastery.
• Viking traders wares included furs, horn, walrus tusks and slaves.
• Vikings built settlements abroad. Place-names in Britain ending in-by, thorpe and, beck indicate a Viking presence.
• Norse merchants travelled along the rivers Dnieper and Volga into the heart of Russia, where they lived by trading with the local people.
• An Italian family arrive in America in the early 1900s.

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