Author : John Haywood
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 36,12 MB
Release : 1995-09
Category : History
ISBN :
Atlas showing the range of Viking developments and exploration.
Author : Angus Konstam
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,96 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Civilization, Scandinavian
ISBN : 9781904668121
About AD 800, mysterious long-ships made their first appearance along the North Sea coast of Britain. From Shetland to the Thames, these raiding ships appeared out of the sea mists, carrying warriors so fierce that no one could stand against them. By the middle of the 9th century, these raiders began to establish settlements, and the raids continued, from Norse bases in Orkney, Ireland, and the Isle of Man. The raiders eventually became rulers, creating Scandinavian colonies in Normandy, England, and Ireland. Around the same time, a few Viking explorers ventured across the Atlantic to America, while others sailed south to Africa, into the Mediterranean, and through the European river systems deep into Russia. This book chronicles their achievements, drawing on archaeological evidence as well as the rich source of Norse Sagas and mythology.
Author : John Haywood
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 35,13 MB
Release : 2005-10-25
Category : History
ISBN :
The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations explores the world's earliest cultures, from the farming settlements of Mesopotamia to the Americas and Polynesia, via the birth of Greek city states and the foundation of Rome. It examines the development of civilizations in the Near East - Babylonian, Assyrian, Persian - as well as those in Europe - the Minoans, Etruscans and Celts. Across the continents of Africa, Asia and America, it covers such subjects as Egypt from its pre-dynastic roots to the age of the Pharaohs, China during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and the great cities of the Incas and Aztecs. Vivid descriptions of civilizations are complemented by discussion of such key topics as colonization, agriculture and technology, and the rise of empires and city states. Richly illustrated with timelines, photographs, artwork re-creations and full-colour maps, this is an illuminating and multi-faceted one-volume introduction to early peoples and the worlds they created. - Back cover.
Author : John Channon
Publisher : Viking Adult
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 11,3 MB
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN :
The breakup of the Soviet Union has been accompanied by a new surge of interest in this most fascinating and contradictory of nations. This atlas covers Russia's history from the coming of the Slavic peoples and the invasion of the Swedish Rus and the Mongols through the territorial expansion of Catherine the Great to the rise of communism, the Cold War era, and the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Full color.
Author : R. J. Overy
Publisher : Penguin (Non-Classics)
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 11,37 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN :
This atlas charts the rise and fall of Hitler's Nazi state, from the first mass meeting to the NSDAP in Munich in 1920, through the relentless territorial aggression and anti-Jewish atrocities of World War II, to the execution of war criminals at Nuremberg in 1946. An informative, one-volume handbook that documants the rise and fall of one of the most terrifying and destructive regimes in world history.
Author : Angelo Forte
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 29,56 MB
Release : 2005-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521829922
Viking Empires, first published in 2005, is a definitive global history of the Viking World.
Author : Eric Homberger
Publisher : Viking Adult
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 32,46 MB
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN :
Historisk atlas dækkende Canada, USA og Mexico
Author : John Haywood
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 20,8 MB
Release : 2016-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1250106141
An authoritative volume that places the Vikings in their wider geographical and historical context.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 16,80 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9780246116147
Author : Martyn Whittock
Publisher : Lion Books
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 45,97 MB
Release : 2018-06-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0745980198
The popular image of the Vikings is of tall red-headed men, raping and pillaging their way around the coast of Europe, stopping only to ransack monasteries and burn longships. But the violent Vikings of the 8th century became the pious Christians of the 11th century, who gave gold crosses to Christian churches and in whose areas of rule pagan idols were destroyed and churches were built. So how did this radical transformation happen, and why? What difference did it make to the Vikings, and to those around them, and what is their legacy today? This book takes a "global" look at this key period in Viking history, exploring all the major areas of Viking settlement. Written to be an accessible and engaging overview for the general reader.
