North Atlantic Norse world

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The North Atlantic Norse world was the network of Viking Age and medieval Norse settlements and maritime domains stretching across the North Atlantic, including regions like Orkney, Shetland, the Faroes, Iceland, Greenland, and parts of the British Isles.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Viking Age network
historical region
maritime cultural sphere
associatedSite L'Anse aux Meadows
chronologicalSpan c. 800 CE–c. 1500 CE
connectedBy longship routes
coreRegion Greenland
Iceland
Norway
culturalInfluence British Isles
Gaelic world
culturalTradition Norse culture
documentedIn Icelandic sagas
linked to: Íslendingasögur

archaeological record
kings' sagas
law codes
dominantReligion Norse paganism
economicBasis fishing
pastoralism
seafaring
trade
explorationFrontier North America
hasPart Faroe Islands
Greenland
Hebrides
Iceland
Isle of Man
Norwegian coast
Orkney
linked to: Orkney Islands

Shetland
parts of England
parts of Ireland
parts of Scotland
language Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
laterReligion Latin Christianity
laterWritingSystem Latin alphabet
legalTradition Norse law
maritimeOrientation North Atlantic Ocean
linked to: North Atlantic
politicalTies Kingdom of Denmark
linked to: Denmark

Kingdom of Norway
Kingdom of Scotland
timePeriod Middle Ages
Viking Age
tradeGoods fish
furs
walrus ivory
wool
tradeNetwork Arctic regions
European mainland
writingSystem runic alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Earl of Orkney historicalRegion North Atlantic Norse world
Sudreyjar partOf Norse North Atlantic realm
linked to: North Atlantic Norse world
Norse Greenland partOf North Atlantic Viking settlements
linked to: North Atlantic Norse world
Links of Noltland region North Atlantic prehistoric cultural zone
linked to: North Atlantic Norse world
Quoygrew partOf Norse North Atlantic world
linked to: North Atlantic Norse world