Viking Trade Network

Timeline

1. 750–900Coasts of Denmark and Norway · ScandinaviaScandinavian shipbuilders and merchants used advanced sailing technology to push along European coasts and rivers deep inland, forming regular market fairs at ports such as Ribe and Hedeby, with Arab silver dirhams serving as a medium of interregional circulation.
2. 900–1010Novgorod–Kiev line and the British Isles · Northwestern RussiaVarangian trade routes carried northern furs, amber, and honey to Eastern Europe and Byzantium, while running parallel to slave and wool trade with Britain and Ireland, creating two-way commodity flows covering the entire Norse world.
3. 1011–1020Denmark and England · DenmarkAfter Cnut united Denmark and England, royal minting and tariff policies brought scattered Viking commercial activities into a more stable political framework, with London and Roskilde becoming the two largest trading nodes in the network.