Norse Greenland

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Norse Greenland was a medieval Scandinavian colony in Greenland whose decline and disappearance serve as a classic historical example of societal collapse.

All labels observed (5)

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Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norse settlement ⓘ
historical society ⓘ
medieval colony ⓘ
archaeologicalSiteType church ruins ⓘ
farm ruins ⓘ
capital Brattahlíð ⓘ
climateContext Little Ice Age onset ⓘ
Medieval Warm Period ⓘ
colonizedBy Norse people ⓘ
Scandinavians ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
declineFactors climate cooling ⓘ
conflict or competition with Inuit ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
loss of walrus ivory market ⓘ
overgrazing ⓘ
reduced Norwegian support ⓘ
soil erosion ⓘ
documentedIn Icelandic sagas ⓘ
linked to: Íslendingasögur

medieval European documents ⓘ
economyBasedOn cattle herding ⓘ
goat herding ⓘ
pastoral farming ⓘ
seal hunting ⓘ
sheep herding ⓘ
walrus hunting ⓘ
endTime 15th century ⓘ
c. 1450 ⓘ
exported hides ⓘ
rope ⓘ
walrus ivory ⓘ
foundedBy Erik the Red ⓘ
Norse settlers from Iceland ⓘ
governedBy local chieftains ⓘ
thing assembly ⓘ
hadBishopric Gardar ⓘ
hadContactWith European markets ⓘ
Iceland ⓘ
Inuit ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
hadLegalSystem Norse law ⓘ
hasSettlement Eastern Settlement ⓘ
Middle Settlement ⓘ
Western Settlement ⓘ
imported grain ⓘ
iron ⓘ
timber ⓘ
knownFor example of societal collapse ⓘ
mysterious disappearance ⓘ
language Old Norse ⓘ
lastWrittenRecord 1408 wedding at Hvalsey Church ⓘ
locatedIn Greenland ⓘ
majorSettlement Brattahlíð ⓘ
neighboringCulture Dorset culture ⓘ
Thule Inuit ⓘ
partOf Norse world ⓘ
North Atlantic Viking settlements ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
startTime c. 985 ⓘ
late 10th century ⓘ
studiedBy archaeologists ⓘ
environmental historians ⓘ
underSovereigntyOf Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
Norway–Iceland union ⓘ
usedAsCaseStudyIn climate change adaptation ⓘ
collapse of complex societies ⓘ
environmental archaeology ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

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

Collapse → notableCaseStudy → Norse Greenland ⓘ
church at Brattahlid → historicalPeriod → Norse Greenland period ⓘ
linked to: Norse Greenland
Thjodhild’s church → locatedIn → Norse Greenland ⓘ
Qassiarsuk → historicalEra → Norse Greenland period ⓘ
linked to: Norse Greenland
Eastern Settlement, Greenland → partOf → Norse Greenland ⓘ
Hvalsey Church → locatedNear → Erik the Red’s Brattahlid region ⓘ
linked to: Norse Greenland
Hvalsey Church → historicalEra → Norse Greenland period ⓘ
linked to: Norse Greenland
Hvalseyfjorden → historicalPeriod → Norse Greenland ⓘ
Gardar ruins → historicalRegion → Norse Greenland ⓘ
Diocese of Gardar → historicalRegion → Norse Greenland ⓘ
Cathedral of Gardar → locatedIn → Norse Greenland ⓘ
subject linked to: cathedral of Gardar
Thjodhild → countryOfCitizenship → Norse Greenland ⓘ
Brattahlíð → partOf → Norse Greenland colony ⓘ
linked to: Norse Greenland
Álfur → historicalRegionOfActivity → Norse Greenland ⓘ
Catholic Church in Norway → jurisdictionIncluded → Greenland (medieval) ⓘ
linked to: Norse Greenland
Tunulliarfik Fjord farms → partOf → Norse Greenland ⓘ
Brattahlíð church → partOf → Norse Greenland ⓘ
Western Settlement, Greenland → partOf → Norse Greenland ⓘ
Gardar Cathedral → countryAtTimeOfUse → Norse Greenland ⓘ