So I gave the Vikings as an example of Scandinavian Imperialism.
Why ?
I asked whether ordinary people living in certain European countries during the period when Britain had an empire, fared any worse because their country didn't have an empire ?
Was the question too difficult for you to understand ?
And to help you answer the question, here's a clue : Charles Dickens wrote of the abject poverty and misery which confronted the masses in Britain, during a period when the British Empire was at its height, and when Britain was the wealthiest nation on Earth.
Declaration of Arbroath - ahh everyone Scotsman should raise a toast to Edward Longshanks for the creation of their country. Without him they'd have gradually drifted into Union quite peacefully.
