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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:museum
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Althing
gptkb:Ting
Thing
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gptkbp:archaeologicalSite
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assembly sites with law stones
meeting mounds
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gptkbp:culturalSignificance
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symbol of early democracy in Scandinavia
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gptkbp:decision
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consensus
majority vote
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gptkbp:function
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governance
dispute resolution
law-making
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Viking age assemblies
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:Old_Norse
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gptkbp:legacy
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influenced modern parliaments in Scandinavia
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gptkbp:legalSystem
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customary law
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gptkbp:meetingPlace
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outdoors
designated assembly sites
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gptkbp:notableExample
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gptkb:Thingvellir
gptkb:Frostating
Althing (Iceland)
Gulating (Norway)
Løgting (Faroe Islands)
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gptkbp:participants
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free men
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gptkbp:period
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gptkb:Viking_Age
8th to 11th centuries
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gptkbp:presidedBy
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lawspeaker
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:British_Isles
gptkb:Faroe_Islands
gptkb:Greenland
gptkb:Iceland
gptkb:Scandinavia
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gptkbp:role
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passing laws
electing leaders
settling disputes
declaring war or peace
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Parliament_of_the_Faroe_Islands
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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