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MAPPING THE PASTMAP 8.3 Invasions and Migrations of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries This map shows the Viking, Magyar, and Arab invasions and migrations in the ninth and tenth centuries. Compare it with Map 7.3 on the barbarian migrations of late antiquity to answer the following questions.ANALYZING THE MAP What similarities do you see in the patterns of migration in these two periods? What significant differences?CONNECTIONS How did the Vikings’ expertise in shipbuilding and sailing make their migrations different from those of earlier Germanic tribes? How did this set them apart from the Magyar and Muslim invaders of the ninth century?