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2 unusual facts about Oeselians


Oeselians

The Livonian Chronicle describes the Oeselians as using two kinds of ships, the piratica and the liburna.

The city remained occupied for some time, contributing to the decline as a center of commerce in the 13th century in favor of Uppsala, Visby, Kalmar and Stockholm.


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Snorri Sturluson relates in his Ynglinga saga that the Swedish king Ingvar, Östen's son, was a great warrior who often spent time patrolling the shores of his kingdom fighting Danes and Estonian Vikings (Víkingr frá Esthland).


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