HIS263Y1 Lecture : Key Terms
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The atlantic as a highway that allows for activity between the continents (trans- Atlantic activity) such as trading networks, migration networks, disease network, ideology network. Atlantic world is the name of this framework, concentrating on the early-modern period (roughly 1500 1800), an era of early exploration, the end of this period marks the rise of the nation-state. The viking age 9th to 12th centuries, the scandinavians were the mariners of the world, skill on the seas, fearsome capacity for war. He arrives in 1000 ad, at an attractive location (boasting relatively mild climate) dubbing it vinland (wine land), there is debate as to where vinland is, but there is evidence that it was the ne tip of newfoundland. In 1960, archaeologists come across evidence of an old norse settlement in the ne of. For the next 500 years, the norse would make frequent journeys to this areafor timber. Interacted and possibly engaged in trade with aboriginal north americans.
