Events
793: Lindisfarne879: Danelaw treaty879: Kiev conquered
by Rurik750: Staraja Ladoga foundedEarly 700s: Ribe founded862: Rurik invited to
rule Finns and Slavs922: Ibn Fadlan meets Rus988: Grand Prince Vladimir
converts to Christianity~1000: Rise of Novgorod as centre of power in North Russia1030: Collapse of Samanid state, silver flow STOPS.~1000: Hedeby and Birka replaced by new trade centres.1000: Iceland converted1050: traditional date given for conversion of Norway1030: Battle at Stiklestad,
St Olav diesFrom c.850: Scandinavians penetrate Russian interior. Many new trading centres.850: Riurikovo
Gorodishche1013: Svein Forkbeard conquers England (dies 1014)1015-16: Knut the Great conquers England965: Harald Bluetooth
"united Denmark
and Christened
the Danes"841: Dublin founded840s-50s: Frankish raids increase850s-60s: Viking activity in Britain intensifies, second "phase": raids --> conquest.799: first Frankish raid810: Charlemagne's anti-viking defenses
repel attacks in Frankia for ~20 years830s: Frankish raids pick up with repeated attacks on Dorestad/FrisiaPeriods
700s: Baltic/North Sea trade centres appear750-1050: Vikings active in Russia650-965: Khazar dynasty ascendant in Russia900-950: DIRHAM INCREASE #2!
940s-950s: boom.
960-1000: decline.900s: Scandinavians increasingly serve as
mercenaries in the East850-880: INCREASE
in Eastern
trade/dirhams.860-930: landnám in Iceland800-1050: Vikings active in England
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