Norse and Aztecs · TURNING POINT ·
Kaupang (800–950)
c. 800–950 — Norway’s earliest town, a seasonal and then permanent market on the Viksfjord where craftsmen worked amber, glass and metal. Ohthere told King Alfred that he sailed south to Sciringes heal, usually identified with Kaupang, on his way to Hedeby.
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- Turning point
- Chapter
- Viking expansion and the longship (chapter 2 of Norse and Aztecs)
- Atlas
- Climate and Innovation: The Norse and the Aztecs, c. 790–1521
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