Norse colonies in Greenland

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The Norse colonies in Greenland were medieval Scandinavian settlements established by Icelandic and Norwegian Vikings on Greenland’s southwestern coasts, which persisted for several centuries before mysteriously disappearing.

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Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norse colony ⓘ
historical civilization ⓘ
medieval settlement ⓘ
capital Brattahlíð ⓘ
culturalPractice European-style farming ⓘ
stone church building ⓘ
disappearance mysterious abandonment ⓘ
dissolved 15th century ⓘ
economy cattle herding ⓘ
goat herding ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
pastoral farming ⓘ
seal hunting ⓘ
sheep herding ⓘ
walrus hunting ⓘ
ethnicGroup Norse ⓘ
export hides ⓘ
rope ⓘ
walrus ivory ⓘ
foundedBy Erik the Red ⓘ
Icelandic Norse ⓘ
Norwegian Norse ⓘ
governedBy Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
Norwegian Crown ⓘ
linked to: Norwegian throne
hasArchaeologicalSite Brattahlíð ⓘ
Gardar ⓘ
Hvalsey Church ⓘ
hasChurch Gardar Cathedral ⓘ
hasPart Eastern Settlement ⓘ
Middle Settlement ⓘ
Western Settlement ⓘ
hasReligionInstitution Diocese of Garðar ⓘ
linked to: Diocese of Gardar
import grain ⓘ
iron ⓘ
timber ⓘ
inception c. 985 ⓘ
late 10th century ⓘ
lastWrittenRecord Hvalsey Church wedding 1408 ⓘ
locatedIn Greenland ⓘ
locatedOn southwestern coast of Greenland ⓘ
neighboringGroup Dorset culture ⓘ
Thule Inuit ⓘ
partOf Norse expansion ⓘ
Viking Age ⓘ
possibleCauseOfDecline climate cooling ⓘ
conflict with Inuit ⓘ
economic isolation ⓘ
overgrazing ⓘ
soil erosion ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
tradedWith Europe ⓘ
Iceland ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
usedLanguage Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language

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

Western Settlement → partOf → Norse colonies in Greenland ⓘ
Western Settlement → partOf → Norse Greenland settlements ⓘ
linked to: Norse colonies in Greenland
Viking textiles → associatedWithRegion → Greenland Norse settlements ⓘ
linked to: Norse colonies in Greenland
Eastern Settlement, Greenland → partOf → Viking Age North Atlantic colonies ⓘ
linked to: Norse colonies in Greenland
Norse Eastern Settlement in Greenland → comparedTo → Norse Western Settlement in Greenland ⓘ
linked to: Norse colonies in Greenland
Hvalseyfjorden → locatedIn → Greenlandic Norse area ⓘ
linked to: Norse colonies in Greenland
Thorvald Eiriksson → associatedWith → Greenlandic Norse settlements ⓘ
linked to: Norse colonies in Greenland
Bishop of Greenland → locatedInTimePeriod → Norse Greenland period ⓘ
linked to: Norse colonies in Greenland
Norse settlement of the Faroe Islands → preceded → Norse settlement of Greenland ⓘ
linked to: Norse colonies in Greenland
Kujataa cultural landscape → significantPeriod → Norse colonization of Greenland ⓘ
linked to: Norse colonies in Greenland
Tunulliarfik Fjord farms → associatedWith → Viking Age colonization of Greenland ⓘ
linked to: Norse colonies in Greenland
Vatnahverfi district → historicalPeriod → Norse Greenland period ⓘ
linked to: Norse colonies in Greenland
Vatnahverfi district → partOf → Norse Greenland settlement system ⓘ
linked to: Norse colonies in Greenland
Western Settlement, Greenland → partOf → Greenlandic Norse colonies ⓘ
linked to: Norse colonies in Greenland
Igaliku (Narsaq) → hasHistoricalPeriod → Norse Greenland period ⓘ
linked to: Norse colonies in Greenland