Fill in the Blanks Viking Fill in the BlankOnline version Not sure what I'm about to do by Esther Western-Thomas 1 split raiders drove coasts just ago pillage Wessex Saxon Danelaw Danes plunder The Viking Age in Britain began about 1 , 200 years in the 9th Century AD and lasted for over 200 years . About the year 800 , bands of fierce began to attack our . They were the Vikings , who were also called ( although they didn't all come from Denmark ) . The Vikings came across the North Sea , originally just to raid , and . In time , however , the Vikings made their home in the UK . They the Saxons out of part of the country and took it for themselves . King Alfred , the king of a place called , fought them in a great battle , but he could not fully defeat them . Instead , the Saxons and the Vikings agreed to the country , and the Vikings had a part of England that was known as .