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| '''Truso''', situated on ], was an ] town near the Baltic Sea just east of the ]. It was one of the trading posts on the ], and is thought to be the antecedent of the city of ]. | |||
| Truso was situated in a central location upon the Eastern European trade routes, which led from ] in the north to the island of ] and to ] in the ] and later included the ] city of Elblag. From there, traders continued further south to ] in the ]. This was called the ]. The ancient Amber Road or roads led further south-west and south-east to the ] and eventually to Asia. | |||
| East-west trade route went from Truso, along the ] to ],and from there inland by river to ], a large trading center in Jutland. Hedeby, which lay near the modern city of Schleswig in ], was pretty centrally located and could be reached from all four directions over land as well as from the ], the ], and the Baltic Sea. | |||
| Around the year 890, ] (by his own account) reportedly undertook a boat journey from Hedeby to Truso at the behest of king ]. One possible reason for this expedition was because Harold needed aid in his defense against the Danes or ], who had taken over most of England. The reasons for this journey are fundamentally unclear, since Truso was at the time little more than a trading center, and Alfred the Great, the West Saxon ruler, already kept in close contact with the continental Saxons and the Franks. | |||
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