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History of Iceland - Early history | | History of Iceland - Early history: Encyclopedia II - History of Iceland - Early history | | Iceland is, in geological terms, a young island. It started to form about 20 million years ago from a series of volcanic eruptions on the Mid-Atlantic ridge. The oldest rock samples found in Iceland date back 16 million years. The Iceland hotspot is likely partly responsible for the island's creation and continued existence.
Iceland remained one of the world's last larger islands uninhabited by humans. It has been suggested that the land called Thule by the Greek merchant Pytheas was actually Iceland although it seems highly unlikely ...
See also:History of Iceland, History of Iceland - Early history, History of Iceland - Age of settlement 874-930, History of Iceland - Commonwealth 930-1262, History of Iceland - Iceland as a Norwegian and Danish vassal, History of Iceland - 19th and early 20th century, History of Iceland - World War II, History of Iceland - Post-WWII Iceland | | | History of Iceland, History of Iceland - 19th and early 20th century, History of Iceland - Age of settlement 874-930, History of Iceland - Commonwealth 930-1262, History of Iceland - Early history, History of Iceland - Iceland as a Norwegian and Danish vassal, History of Iceland - Post-WWII Iceland, History of Iceland - World War II, Cod War, Alþingi, Liberalism and centrism in Iceland, Politics of Iceland | | |
| | | History of Iceland: Encyclopedia II - History of Iceland - Early history
History of Iceland - Early history
Iceland is, in geological terms, a young island. It started to form about 20 million years ago from a series of volcanic eruptions on the Mid-Atlantic ridge. The oldest rock samples found in Iceland date back 16 million years. The Iceland hotspot is likely partly responsible for the island's creation and continued existence.
Iceland remained one of the world's last larger islands uninhabited by humans. It has been suggested that the land called Thule by the Greek merchant Pytheas was actually Iceland although it seems highly unlikely considering Pytheas' description of it as an agricultural country with plenty of milk, honey, and fruit. The exact date that men first reached the country is uncertain. Roman coins dating to the 3rd century AD have been found in Iceland, but it is unknown whether they were brought there at that time, or came later with Viking settlers, having circulated as currency already for centuries.
There is some literary evidence that Irish monks had settled in Iceland before the arrival of the Norse. However, there is no archaeological evidence to support such settlement. The 12th century scholar Ari Þorgilsson wrote in his book, Íslendingabók, that small bells, corresponding to those used by Irish monks, were found by the settlers. No such artifacts have been discovered by archaeologists, however.
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