Norse and Aztecs · TURNING POINT ·
Althing at Þingvellir (930)
On the Norse and Aztecs map as “Þingvellir — the Althing”
930 — The Althing, Iceland’s assembly of chieftains and farmers, first met in this rift valley, where it gathered every June for about two weeks. Here the lawspeaker recited the law, courts heard cases, and in 999 or 1000 the assembly adopted Christianity by arbitration.
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- Settlement of Iceland (chapter 3 of Norse and Aztecs)
- Atlas
- Climate and Innovation: The Norse and the Aztecs, c. 790–1521
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