{"product_id":"pirates-merchants-devils-and-dark-shani-oates-9781913660475","title":"Pirates Merchants Devils and Dark Deeds: Trade, Exploration and Religion from the Ice Age to the Viking Age","description":"\u003cp\u003eCulture is a journey of experiential discovery in an ever-changing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elandscape. Our Northern history remains largely unsung, eclipsed by the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eglamour of the classical world and its colourful legacy of Romanised culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut there is another world, no less vibrant and exciting, no less fascinating\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eor challenging. Locked into our DNA is a very diff erent history . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn its immersive wonder we can find answers to age old challenges\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econcerning how culture evolves, what were the catalysts, who were\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe antagonists, who were the oppressed, the exploited, what were\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe real events, and who was really behind the violence in the tussle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor power a thousand years ago. Removing layers of accumulated\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econcepts regarding faith, myth and magic, this book exposes the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esocio-religio-political machinations that rocked the northern world, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echanging its landscape, the people and their beliefs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esystems irrevocably.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Rock Art to Pazyryk Mummies, Coffin Boats to Royal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScythians, from the Sami to the Evenki, from Ethnicity to the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnarei priesthood, and from Thunder spirits to the Northern\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrusades, the threads that bind them all are founded in trade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrade is the currency and agent for change in the world impacting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeverything from war to religion. The Cosmic Mill turns, churning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emagic and myth into profi t and fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere be pirates and dragons.....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shani Oates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913660478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913660475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thoth Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.84d","brand":"Shani Oates","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47637491417343,"sku":"9781913660475","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ab6f978f-3f39-4a2d-8d78-680781740565.jpg?v=1765116533","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pirates-merchants-devils-and-dark-shani-oates-9781913660475","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}