Economy & TradeThe 8th century

Economy & Trade in the 8th century

One event in the Terralore archive falls in the 8th century, tagged economy and trade — trade, currency, industry and resources. It keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
1
Nations
1
Earliest
750
Latest
750

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. — Europe:

    Sweden

    The trading town of Birka

    Birka on the island of Björkö in Lake Mälaren flourished as a key Baltic trading settlement, connecting Scandinavia by river route to the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic world, before its abandonment in the late tenth century.

    Era: Vikings, Birka and the Coming of Christianity

    Sources: Birka and Hovgården · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Sweden: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica