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The Year 1000

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"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' invasion of Britain. But how, then, to explain the presence of blonde-haired people in Mayan temple murals in Chichen Itza, Mexico? Could it be possible that the Vikings had found their way to the Americas during the height of the Mayan empire? Valerie Hansen ... argues that the year 1000 was the world's first point of major cultural exchange and exploration"--

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781501194108
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 320
  • Udgivet:
  • 14. april 2020
  • Størrelse:
  • 159x32x236 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 525 g.
  • Ukendt - mangler pt..

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"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' invasion of Britain. But how, then, to explain the presence of blonde-haired people in Mayan temple murals in Chichen Itza, Mexico? Could it be possible that the Vikings had found their way to the Americas during the height of the Mayan empire? Valerie Hansen ... argues that the year 1000 was the world's first point of major cultural exchange and exploration"--

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