On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 4:39 PM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote:
> Those places started as villages, then grew into cities. I don't know > what your definition of a city is but it needs at least a couple thousand > people. The places I mentioned are all cities, and all were founded by Vikings. Many were substantial places, even in Viking times: A Brief History of Dublin, Ireland The first documented history of Dublin begins with the Viking raids in the 8th and 9th century. These led to the establishment of a settlement on the southside of the mouth of the Liffey, named Dubh Linn (Black Pool) after the lake where the Danes first moored their boats. Despite stone fortifications, Dublin town was sacked many times over the next two centuries but always recovered. By the 11th Century, Dublin prospered, mainly due to close trading links with the English towns of Chester and Bristol and soon became the most important town in Ireland with a population of about 4,000. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
