The Year 1000 by Valerie Hansen

When did globalization begin Most observers have settled on 1492 the year Columbus discovered America. But as celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen shows it was the year 1000 when for the first time new trade routes linked the entire globe so an object could in theory circumnavigate the world. This was the big bang of globalization which ushered in a new era of exploration and trade and which paved the way for Europeans to dominate after Columbus reached America. Drawing on a wide range of ne Paperback softback