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c 4000 BC
People begin to grow more food crops. The advent of agriculture sees woods cleared by slash-
and-burn and grain is sown in the resulting ash.
c 1800 BC
Bronze is introduced to Denmark, giving rise to skilled artisans who fashion weapons, tools, jew-
ellery and works of art. Trade routes to the south bring the supply of bronze.
c AD 500
Arrival of the Danes in the late Iron Age. This tribe, thought to have migrated south from Sweden,
forms present-day Denmark's linguistic and cultural roots.
793
The first documented raid at Lindisfarne Monastery on northeastern England by Danish Vikings.
950-985
King Harald I (Bluetooth), son of Gorm the Old, unifies Denmark. He spearheads the conversion
of Danes to Christianity from his court at Jelling.
985-1014
During the reigns of Harald Bluetooth's son Sweyn Forkbeard and grandsons Harald II and Canute
the Great, England is conquered and a short-lived Anglo-Danish kingdom formed.
1066
The defeat of Norwegian Vikings by Harold II of England at the Battle of Stamford Bridge heralds
the end of the Viking era.
1137-1157
Civil strife, assassinations, plots and general skulduggery continues until Valdemar, son of Knud
Lavard, takes the throne in 1157, introducing progressive policies in the Jyske Lov (Jutland Code).
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