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ID: 7009769
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009769
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Birka (deserted settlement)  Birka (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 59 20 10 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 59.3360  decimal degrees
Long: 017 32 43 E  degrees minutes   Long: 17.5450  decimal degrees

Note: Was first major Swedish urban center; was an important early Viking emporium (trade center) & the Baltic link through Russia to the Byzantine Empire until 975 CE; declined because water level dropped & Gotland took over Russo-Byzantine trade. Located on the island of Björkö is located in Lake Mälaren. Designated, with Hovgården, as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Names:
Birka (preferred,C,V)
Birca (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Sverige (nation)  ........  Sverige (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Stockholm (county)  ............  Stockholm (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Birka (deserted settlement)  ................  Birka (deserted settlement) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Sverige (nation)  ........  Sverige (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Stockholm (county)  ............  Stockholm (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Björkö (island)  ................  Björkö (island) (P)
Hierarchy of Birka (deserted settlement)  ....................  Birka (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  founded ca. 800 CE
archaeological site (C)
World Heritage Site (C)
inhabited place (H)
emporium (H)
trade center (H)
Viking (H)

Related geographic places:
near/adjacent to ....  Hovgården .......... (deserted settlement)
..............................  (World, Europe, Sverige, Stockholm county, Adelsö) [7032448]

Sources and Contributors:
Birca..........  [VP]
..............  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Birka..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
..............  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 104
..............  Harte, Cloth & Clothing (1983)
..............  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..............  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 24 February 2009
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 104
..................  Harte, Cloth & Clothing (1983)
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 24 February 2009
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
..........  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 24 February 2009

 

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