We cant say that there were Vikings any earlier, thats why it starts there). This is due to that these are the earliest sources of vikings coming from the north (or anywhere else). We swedes usually start “our” viking age with the foundation of the Rurik dynasty and the Nestor chronicles. The definition of the “Viking age” or as we swedes call it “Vikingatiden” differs a bit from the westoriented Vikings of Denmark and Norway (which “start” their Viking Age with the raiding of Lindisfarne 793).
The thing with periodization is that no one can say the “truth”, its all about definition.
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