01995cam a2200337 i 4500 428853376 TxGeo 20200630120000.0 191002s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019045048 9781501194108 hbk. 1501194100 hbk. (OCoLC)1105934735 TxGeo rda Hansen, Valerie, 1958- The year 1000 : when explorers connected the world--and globalization began / Valerie Hansen. Year 1000 : when globalization began. 1000 : when explorers connected the world--and globalization began. One thousand : when explorers connected the world--and globalization began. First Scribner hardcover edition. New York, NY : Scribner, 2020. xi, 308 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "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"-- Provided by publisher. 20200904. One thousand, A.D. QS5