A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Once upon a time, there was an important commercial center on Gotland, the island located in the Baltic Sea, approximately 90 kilometers east of mainland Sweden.
Gotland's central position within an extensive trading network stretched from Karelia in northern Finland down to the Caspian Sea in the south. The island flourished during Antiquity and the Middle Ages, and its wealth in medieval times led to impressive architecture and the development of local art.
The death came in the summer of 1361. When a Danish army sailed eastward in the summer of 1361, the Swedish king Magnus Eriksson knew Gotland was in danger.
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