Greenland

History of Greenland

Brief history of Greenland A brief review of the history of Greenland, an autonomous country of the Kingdom of Denmark. The Inuits in Greenland The first inhabitants of Greenland were the Inuit. They lived in Greenland for long periods, but there were also times when Greenland was uninhabited. The first people to live in Greenland were the Saqqaq who lived there from around 2,500 BC to around 900 BC Greenland was uninhabited until 500 BC when the Dorsets arrived. They lived in Greenland until about the 1st century AD. The Thule people arrived in Greenland in the 10th century. Vikings…