Greenland-why do you think it got that name?
Greenland - During the Medieval Warm Period, the coastline from the southern tip to midway up the western shore, was green (forested). The trees were cleared and the lands converted to pasture lands. As many as 10,000 Vikings lived there, with hundreds of farmhouses, dozens of churches, and a bishop. Upon the onset of the Little Ice Age, these Vikings had to leave. Today, with the receding glaciers, these Viking settlements are being revealed.
Greenland-why do you think it got that name?....Actually (So I’ve read) Iceland was habitable, So the Vikings named it ICeland. Greenland was icebound so they named it Greenland. It was a matter of defense, supposedly.