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T he Collapse of the Greenland Norse

T he Collapse of the Greenland Norse. H ow and why the Greenland Norse failed to succeed B y : AJ, Lewis, Taylor, &Ha. Greenland. Biggest island in the world Whole island is 2,175,600 km Only 383,600 km is ice free. Climate. Temperatures constantly changing

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T he Collapse of the Greenland Norse

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  1. The Collapse of the Greenland Norse How and why the Greenland Norse failed to succeed By: AJ, Lewis, Taylor, &Ha

  2. Greenland Biggest island in the world Whole island is 2,175,600 km Only 383,600 km is ice free

  3. Climate • Temperatures constantly changing • The warmest it gets is around 50 Degrees Fahrenheit and that’s only in certain places during the summer months • Lots of ice

  4. The Damage to the Environment • Destroyed natural vegetation • Deforested the area • Destroyed the usefulness of the land by cutting turf for housing • Overgrazing prevented regeneration of trees

  5. Inuit • Expanded eastward across Canada and entered NW Greenland over the course of nearly 4,000 years before the Norse arrived. • There predecessors were a culture called the Dorset People Which were very similar except for there hunting techniques

  6. Climate change • While they were destroying the natural resources, the climate began to change • 1300’s to 1400’s began what is known as “little ice age” • This worsened the problems that the Norse were already encountering • This also froze up trade routes by sea

  7. Hunting • Big difference that set apart the Inuit and the Dorset and Norse people is the way they hunted. • The Inuit used more advanced methods including Using Dogsleds and bows and arrows( Dorset didn’t have bows and Arrows.) • They also hunted whales which neither the Norse or the Dorset attempted. • Hunting whales provided food for the large settlements the Inuit lived in.

  8. Inuit • Rather than having the Inuit as trading partners they were at war with them • The Inuit are known to have staged attacks on the settlement, which undoubtedly did not help things

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