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Event trade Europe

Gdańsk

997 CE

Baltic amber trade center and powerful Hanseatic port, a vital link in northern European commerce.

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Standing in 997 CE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Sweden Polity · Europe Founded 900 CE · attested to 2026 CE Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Denmark Polity · Europe Founded 800 CE · attested to 2026 CE Byzantine–Arab Wars Conflict · Europe 629 CE – 1180 CE Viking Invasions Conflict · Europe 793 CE – 1066 CE Wars of the Kievan Rus' Conflict · Europe 860 CE – 1240 CE

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