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Dorestad

The richest trading centre of north-west Europe in the 7th-9th centuries — and a repeated Viking target.

Dated events and their evidence

• 700 CE mainstream
  emporium at Wijk bij Duurstede; richest trade centre of NW Europe, a km-long timber quay source
• 834 CE mainstream
  repeated Viking raids (834-863); Rorik is granted Frisia in fief around 850 source

Where

51.9700° N, 5.3400° E

Sources

• https://doi.org/10.1046/j.0963-9462.2002.00109.x
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorestad

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