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Colonization and settlement abandonment Kolonisation ... - Bluerange

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Why was Greenl<strong>and</strong> ab<strong>and</strong>oned?<br />

Hvalsey church ruin (site of the<br />

last recorded Norse marriage in<br />

1408)<br />

Climate change <strong>and</strong> failure to<br />

adopt to the colder conditions<br />

Inuit <strong>settlement</strong> moves<br />

southwards: aggression <strong>and</strong><br />

competition<br />

Events in Europe (e.g. Black<br />

Death) limit trade contacts <strong>and</strong><br />

communication<br />

Farm under the s<strong>and</strong> (GUS), Western<br />

Settlement, ab<strong>and</strong>oned in the 14 th c

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