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Hedeby

The greatest Viking trading town, gateway between the North Sea and the Baltic.

Dated events and their evidence

• 770 CE mainstream
  the emporium grows at the neck of Jutland (late 8th c.) source
• 965 CE mainstream
  Ibrahim ibn Yaqub describes the crowded town source
• 1066 CE mainstream
  sacked and abandoned; Schleswig takes its trade source

Where

54.4910° N, 9.5650° E

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedeby

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