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I think the Vikings were not given credit for their explorations because they never wrote any of this down so no one new if any of it was true

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The Vikings were not given credit because they did not write down there journeys.

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Vikings did not get credit sooner because they did not write it down for other people to see but instead they told people and didn't write it. No one new if the stories where imagination or real so some people didn't believe or didn't know.

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I think they didn't give credit because maybe they had alot  to do and they didn't have enough time to give the credit so they did it later in the week maybe even the month.

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I think that the reason the vikings were not given credit sooner is because the vikings did not write down anything and just talked to each other about it

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They were not given credit before is because they raided people to find and get things.so no one wanted to get close to them.

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I think they didn't give credit because maybe they wanted to go rade more country's or they didn't have time to give credit they gust talked instead of writing it down and if they told everyone someone would take the credit.

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Vikings were not given credit for explorations sooner because they did not write down their discoveries so people did not know if it was true. I know this because in the text it states "Vikings did not write their discoveries, but rather told them to one another." This shows that Vikings did not write their discoveries down

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I thank the Vikings we're not given credit because thay were bossing

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The Vikings didn't get credit because the Vikings didn't tell anybody about what they found or they didn't write anything down on paper

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I think that they were not given credit sinner because they didn't write there discoverys down, the ONLY talked about it. They also didn't stay in one spot a along time. Eric Red lied about his land saying it was a green land but really it was covered in ice

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I know that the Vikings didn't get credit because, people didn't believe them, in the text it states "Historians did not know if the stories were true or if they were just created in the imaginations of bragging sailors." This is how I know Vikings weren't given credit.

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Vikings might have not got credit sooner maybe because

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I think it is because they didn't write anything down they just told one another.

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I think the Vikings were not given credit sooner because they didn't write it down. They also move overseas alot.

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I think that the Vikings were not given credit for their expectations sooner because they did not tell people about it they did not want people to come to their land.

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I think that they didn't get credit for their exploration sooner because they don't write things on paper instead they tell younger generations. I think this because in the text it says that Viking didn't write stuff down instead they told others.

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Because they didn't document there journeys. And they didn't stay places often

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The Vikings did not receive credit for their explorations before because instead of writing, they just talked to people. In the text, it said " Leif found Vinland."

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They were not given credit because there were already tons of raiders so they never got credit other explorers were already raiding lots of villages so that's why Vikings never got credit in my opinion.

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The Vikings were not given credit for there explorations sooner because they had a lot more people saying they have credit and it took a while to get to theirs.

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The Vikings didn't wright the name of the place down because people might find their town and attack.

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I think that they were not given credit because they did not tell anyone who wanted to know about it

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I think they were not given credit because they were feared so no one cared what they do I think that they cared about what they would do to them. This tells me that the people of that timeline did not care whether or not they did find something. Normally they were documented

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Vikings were not given credit for their exploration sooner because    Iceland had little to do with those who lived in Southern Europe THE DISCOVERY
THE OF THIS NEW LAND STAYED MYSTERY.