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//**Why was Birka chosen for a trading center?**// Birka was chosen as a trading center because it is in a great position for trade. It is at the entrance to the Mälar sea (Lake Mälaren), therefore it is a gateway to central Sweden. It was on the major east-west trade route and which passes along southern Swedish coastline.

Birka is said to have taken over from the Hë lgo settlement. There were many other trading centers around the same are as Birka including Bornholm, Öland and Gotland but Birka was the richest trade center.
 * //Did Birka take over from any other trading posts and why?//**

The type of people that lived in Birka would've been Swedes, Traders from Northern Parts of the World and missionaries. I would assume that if Birka was still around today many other types of people would live there including Swedes, Finns, Danes, Norwegians and Germans.
 * //What types of people lived in Birka?//**