This dazzling book takes us on a voyage of discovery around the
world at the turn of the last millennium, when for the first time
the world was in essence a unity. Islam bridged Eurasia, western
Europe, and North Africa. Vikings, with links to Scandinavia and
Russia, had just arrived in North America. These and other peoples
reached out to create links and put isolated cultures unwittingly
in touch. John Man vividly captures these epochal events, and
depicts the colorful peoples that defined the world's mix of
stability and change, of isolation and contact. In an immensely
learned portrayal, he traces enduring cultural strands that became
part of the world as we know it today.
In text, maps, and pictures, most in color, and drawing on the
expertise of two dozen consultants, John Man has created a concise
compendium of all the major cultures of the lost millennial world
of 1000. In some cultures--Europe, Islam, China, and Japan--written
records contain a vast range of materials, often revealing sharply
focused details of life and personality. Here lie startling
contrasts with today's world, and even foreshadowing of the future
that are equally astonishing in their familiarity. For nonliterate
cultures--in the United States, Southeast Asia, Polynesia,
Africa--this book draws on a wealth of archeological research, some
of it made available to nonspecialists for the first time.
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