Dianne Taylor’s Reviews > The Year 1000: When Globalization Began > Status Update

I read as far as chapter 5, where he talks about the African slave trade. Will return and come back to.

I had no idea there was a whole Maritime Silk Road, going back to 200 bc, and that became connected to Europe by Muslim traders beginning in the 8th century. I wish I could find a book just about this.

This book starts out by showing how connected the world was, even as far back as the year 1000.