From: Henk Langeveld - Sun Nederland (henkl@aft-ms)
Date: Fri 16 Sep 1994 - 16:17:47 EEST
Nick Brooke:
>AF> I noticed the Karandoli being exterminated twice
>Not as bad as poor old Dorestadt (sp?) in the ninth century: this little
>town was completely destroyed by the Vikings three times in four years, if
>memory and chronicles serve. Makes you wonder why they kept going back.
Probably because it was one of the few places where you could actually build anything to last. Vikings notwithstanding.
The Low Countries have had a notorious reputation for consisting of either forest, marsh or water. Not many really dry places...
In fact, there's still a town near the place where Dorestad used to be (not far from where I live...) named "Wijk bij Duurstede".
I also learned that ultimately, the harbours of the town got filled with sand and mud, and after extending the quays every couple of years, they just didn't bother to keep up and trade moved to other towns...
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