Eastern Settlement, Greenland
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Eastern Settlement, Greenland was the larger and longer-lasting of the two main Norse Viking colony areas in southern Greenland, inhabited from the late 10th century until its decline in the 15th century.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norse settlement
ⓘ
archaeological site complex ⓘ |
| affectedBy | Little Ice Age ⓘ |
| archaeologicalStatus | abandoned ruins ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Iceland by sea routes
ⓘ
Norway by sea routes ⓘ |
| containsSite |
Brattahlíð
ⓘ
Brattahlíð farm of Erik the Red ⓘ
surface form:
Eiríksfjörður farms
Gardar ⓘ
surface form:
Garðar
Hvalsey ⓘ Gardar ruins ⓘ
surface form:
Igaliku (Garðar area)
Lichtenau (Alluitsoq) mission area ⓘ Qaqortoq region farms ⓘ Tunulliarfik Fjord farms ⓘ Vatnahverfi district ⓘ |
| country | Greenland ⓘ |
| declineFactors |
climate cooling
ⓘ
economic changes in Europe ⓘ isolation from Europe ⓘ possible conflict or competition with Inuit ⓘ |
| endTime | 15th century ⓘ |
| era |
High Middle Ages
ⓘ
Viking Age ⓘ |
| estimatedFarmCount | about 190 farms ⓘ |
| exported |
furs
ⓘ
hides ⓘ walrus ivory ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Erik the Red ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Roman Catholic bishopric of Gardar
ⓘ
surface form:
Greenlandic bishopric at Garðar
|
| hasCapital | Brattahlíð ⓘ |
| hasChurch |
Brattahlíð church
ⓘ
Brattahlíð church ⓘ
surface form:
Garðar cathedral
Hvalsey Church ⓘ |
| hasClimate | subarctic ⓘ |
| hasEconomyType |
cattle herding
ⓘ
goat herding ⓘ pastoral farming ⓘ seal hunting ⓘ sheep herding ⓘ walrus hunting ⓘ |
| hasPopulationType |
Icelandic-origin farmers
ⓘ
Norse clergy ⓘ Norse settlers ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap ⓘ |
| imported |
grain
ⓘ
iron ⓘ luxury goods ⓘ timber ⓘ |
| inception | c. 985 ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Old Norse language
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Norse
|
| largerThan | Western Settlement, Greenland ⓘ |
| lastDocumentedEvent | wedding at Hvalsey Church in 1408 ⓘ |
| laterSovereign | Kalmar Union ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North Atlantic area
ⓘ
surface form:
North Atlantic region
Southern Greenland ⓘ
surface form:
southern Greenland
|
| longerLastingThan | Western Settlement, Greenland ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Íslendingasögur
ⓘ
surface form:
Icelandic sagas
|
| namedAfter | its position relative to Iceland and Europe ⓘ |
| partOf |
Norse Greenland
ⓘ
Norse colonies in Greenland ⓘ
surface form:
Viking Age North Atlantic colonies
|
| previousReligion | Norse paganism ⓘ |
| relativeLocation |
closer to Iceland than the Western Settlement, Greenland
ⓘ
southeast of the Western Settlement, Greenland ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sovereignDuringPeak | Kingdom of Norway ⓘ |
| startTime | late 10th century ⓘ |
| studiedBy | archaeologists ⓘ |
| timeOfLastWrittenRecord | 1408 ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion |
Greenland
ⓘ
surface form:
Kujataa Greenland
|
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Norse settlement of Greenland
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Norse settlements in Greenland
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Eastern Settlement in Greenland
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Greenlandic Norse settlements
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Eastern Settlement (Greenland)
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Eastern Settlement (Greenland)
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Eastern Settlement of Greenland
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Igaliku, Greenland