Yes, notorious slave traders, extensive, favorite VICTIMS, TERRORIZE and KIDNAP, and notorious again.  Let's forget that most Norse were, of course, farmers. And most Vikings were, of course, traders. Some were raiders, just like everyone else in that time, including Slavs. The Vikings were just better at it; suck it up. But they didn't have an extensive slave trade, just because History Channel tells you so in order to make Nordics look evil once again. If the Slavs had done more push-ups they may have stood a better chance at taking more slaves for themselves. They were no more moral than anyone else, and as Hitler and others have remarked, their torture methods were Asiatic in their cruelty.  When is the Slavic anti-Nordic propaganda in American forums going to end? I see it over and over. And it always follows the media-established pattern, by making Nordics look like the evil oppressors. Take a look at the EU today and tell me who is doing what to whom. The Vikings were indeed the most NOTORIOUS slave traders in Europe at the time, and they did indeed have the most EXTENSIVE slave trading network, they captured and kidnapped people(especially Slavs or Irish) all the time, they were well known for it. I don't see how anyone could argue against it, sure not all Vikings were involved in that stuff but many were and yes they were the best at it. I wasn't saying anything wrong about it, I myself am certainly not anti-Nordic nor am I Slavic, personally I think it is pretty bad ass. :D Only too bad that the modern day Scandinavians seem to have lost that killer instinct...