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Eastern Settlement
The Eastern Settlement (EystribygĂ° in old Norse, EystribyggĂ° in modern Icelandic) was the larger of the two areas of Greenland settled in approximately 984 AD by Norse farmers from Iceland (the other settlement being the Western Settlement). At its peak the settlement contained approximately 4000 inhabitants.
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