The year 1000 : when explorers connected the world -- and globalization began
by Hansen, Valerie, 1958- (Author)
Summary
"In history, myth often abides. It was long assumed that the centuries immediately prior to AD 1000 were lacking in any major cultural developments or geopolitical encounters, that the Europeans hadn't yet discovered North America, that the farthest anyone had traveled over sea was the Vikings' inva... Full description
- The World in the Year 1000
- Go West, Young Viking
- The Pan-American Highways of 1000
- European Slaves
- The World's Richest Man
- Central Asia Splits in Two
- Surprising Journeys
- The Most Globalized Place on Earth.