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