{"product_id":"the-year-1000-valerie-hansen-9781501194108","title":"The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World--And Globalization Began","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen, a groundbreaking work of history showing that bold explorations and daring trade missions connected all of the world's great societies for the first time at the end of the first millennium.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeople often believe that the years immediately prior to AD 1000 were, with just a few exceptions, lacking in any major cultural developments or geopolitical encounters, that the Europeans hadn't yet reached North America, and that the farthest feat of sea travel was the Vikings' invasion of Britain. But how, then, to explain the presence of blonde-haired people in Maya temple murals at Chich n Itz , Mexico? Could it be possible that the Vikings had found their way to the Americas during the height of the Maya empire? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eValerie Hansen, an award-winning historian, argues that the year 1000 was the world's first point of major cultural exchange and exploration. Drawing on nearly thirty years of research, she presents a compelling account of first encounters between disparate societies, which sparked conflict and collaboration eerily reminiscent of our contemporary moment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor readers of Jared Diamond's \u003ci\u003eGuns, Germs, and Steel\u003c\/i\u003e and Yuval Noah Harari's \u003ci\u003eSapiens\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Year 1000\u003c\/i\u003e is an intellectually daring, provocative account that will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about how the modern world came to be. It will also hold up a mirror to the hopes and fears we experience today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Valerie Hansen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501194100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501194108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/07\/2020 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2020 pg. 34","brand":"Valerie Hansen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44048107995391,"sku":"9781501194108","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_42ca8977-8ee1-4645-9d8d-bab134b7be59.jpg?v=1684993929","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-year-1000-valerie-hansen-9781501194108","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}