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The Eastern Settlement (Old Norse: Eystribygð [ˈœystreˌbyɣð]) was the first and by far the larger of the two main areas of Norse Greenland, settled c. AD 985 – c. AD 1000 by Norsemen from Iceland. At its peak, it contained approximately 4,000 inhabitants.
Norse Greenland consisted of two main settlements. The Eastern Settlement was at the southwestern tip of Greenland, while the Western Settlement was about 500 km up the west coast, near present-day Nuuk. [19] A smaller settlement later founded near the Eastern Settlement is sometimes considered the Middle Settlement. [20]
2. Norse settlement of Iceland starts in the second half of the 9th century. 3. Norse settlement of Greenland starts just before 1000. 4. Thule Inuit move into northern Greenland in the 12th century. 5. Late Dorset culture disappears from Greenland in the second half of the 13th century. 6. The Western Settlement disappears in mid 14th century. 7.
The Historic Moravian Bethlehem Historic District encompasses a complex of the oldest surviving buildings in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.The National Historic Landmark District is a subset of the larger Central Bethlehem Historic District which is specifically focused on the early buildings constructed by the Moravians, who settled the city in the 18th century.
Pennsylvania Dutch Country refers to an area of Pennsylvania, which has a high percentage of Amish, Mennonite, and "Fancy Dutch" residents. The Pennsylvania Dutch language was historically common, and is still spoken today by many Amish people residing in the state. It consists of the following counties: York; Perry; Berks; Cumberland; Adams ...
Bethlehem is a city in Northampton and Lehigh counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, United States. [5] As of the 2020 census, Bethlehem had a total population of 75,781, making it the second-largest city in the Lehigh Valley after Allentown and the seventh-largest city in the state. [6]
Eastern Settlement: Greenland: Denmark: Norse explorer Erik the Red established this settlement, followed by the Western Settlement c. 985. 1000 L'Anse aux Meadows: Newfoundland and Labrador: Canada: First European settlement in the New World. Norse explorer Leif Ericson established a settlement on this site in 1003. 1050 Motul: Yucatán ...
Herjolf's homestead was situated on the west shore of a fjord that came to bear his name, Herjolfsfjord, and was the southern- and easternmost major homestead of the colony's Eastern Settlement. The major homesteads and churches of the Norse Greenlanders' Eastern Settlement, which despite its name was on Greenland's west coast. Herjolfsnes is ...