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Valerie Hansen

American historian of China; Stanley Woodward Professor of History at Yale University; author of The Silk Road: A New History (2012) and The Year 1000 (2020).

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22 September 2020

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From one piece Vikings in America 7 beliefs · aeon.co

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    • Of the claims that people reached the Americas before Columbus, the Viking landing around 1000 is the most credible and deserves more attention.
      The most credible claim – that the Vikings reached North America around the year 1000 – deserves more attention.

      Vikings in America Said 22 Sept 2020

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    • No persuasive evidence supports the claim that 15th-century Chinese ships reached the Americas.
      No persuasive evidence supports the claim about the 15th-century Chinese.

      Vikings in America Said 22 Sept 2020

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    • The Norse–Amerindian trade of textiles for pelts was a turning point in world history, the first documented encounter across the Atlantic.
      That exchange marked a turning point in world history: it is the earliest documented encounter between the peoples living on opposite sides of the Atlantic.

      Vikings in America Said 22 Sept 2020

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    • The lack of archaeological traces does not show that a documented event did not happen.
      But many things we know from written documents have left no archaeological traces at all.

      Vikings in America Said 22 Sept 2020

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    • It is possible, though not certain, that some Vikings reached the Yucatán Peninsula around the year 1000.
      Although not a certainty, it is a possibility that some Vikings made it to the Yucatán Peninsula near the year 1000.

      Vikings in America Said 22 Sept 2020

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    • Europeans did not invent globalisation; existing trade pathways within the Americas made their conquest possible.
      Still, we have to realise that Europeans didn’t invent globalisation. Existing intra-American trade pathways and relationships facilitated the European conquest of the Americas that began in 1492.

      Vikings in America Said 22 Sept 2020

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    • Trade relationships and pathways connecting the Americas before Columbus are beyond dispute, even if Vikings in Mexico are not proven.
      We don’t have definitive evidence of Vikings in Mexico, but there are suggestive clues, and the case for trade relationships and pathways connecting the Americas is beyond dispute.

      Vikings in America Said 22 Sept 2020

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