Home Region: Northern Europe (Europe)
Viking settlements
793 CE 1000 CE
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General Description
This polity refers to the Norse settlements in Scandinavia up to the formation of the kingdoms of Sweden, Norway and Denmark, as well as Norse settlements in Iceland (before 930 CE, the foundation of the Icelandic Commonwealth), Greenland, Newfoundland, the Baltic, Russia, Scotland and Ireland, and northern France. It excludes the Danelaw in England, which is coded in a different polity.
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned
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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
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Religion Variables
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Crisis Consequences
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Power Transitions
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