Birka
Fortified Viking Age trading town on the island of Björkö in Lake Mälaren, Sweden's premier commercial hub linking Scandinavia to continental Europe and the Islamic world.
Dated events and their evidence
- 750 CE mainstream
trading settlement founded source
Where
59.3361° N, 17.5453° E
Sources
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