В тексте говорится: "The town has a rich, long history. It served as a Roman provincial capital in A.D. 71. Then it was the capital of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria after the fall of Rome. And finally, it became a trading center in the 9th century." Это подтверждает, что Йорк был центром исторических событий.
Ответ: True