Were all Vikings pirates in the Nordic Middle Ages?

Viking is Viking. From the 8th century to 1 1 century, they invaded the European coast and the British Isles, covering a vast territory from the European continent to the Arctic. This period is called "Viking period" in Europe. In English, this word comes from the legend of18th century. There is a saying that it may come from the old Norse. "vik" means "bay" and "ing" means "from", because some vikings later settled in the British island and traded.

Pirates of the Caribbean were active in the16th century, much later than Vikings. The composition of Pirates of the Caribbean is very complicated, which is found in almost all major European countries. Vikings mainly lived in northern Europe, and later several branches entered the European continent and were assimilated by the local culture and environment. The two have little to do with each other. Vikings are not Germans. Germans are gradually formed. After a long development, they were called a nation, which was much earlier than the vikings.

Some ancestors of the Vikings later developed into a branch of Germanic, and the national history of Europeans was rather chaotic. The ancestors of Russians are Slavs and have nothing to do with the Vikings. But some vikings did develop into a part of the Russians.