1469, OnThe Map of the New World (Epic Cut)

           

    

                                    

It was a time when the Old World held its breath,

In Valladolid, a pact was sealed to cheat the death of kings.

Ferdinand and Isabella, their ambitions aligned,

A cooperative reign, with the map of the world redesigned.

Then came the legend, the Genoese with the steady hand,

Columbus, a name synonymous with the promise of the land.

He sought a route, he sought a gain, he sailed the ocean wide,

With glass beads, mirrors, and cannons burning by his side.

His crew was a surge of Germanic tide,

From the Goths to the Vandals, the fierce and the tried.

They met the descendants of the ancient steppe,

The horsemen of Mongolia, where the wild spirits slept.

It was a collision of bloodlines, a clash of ancient might,

A historical epic, unfolding in the Western light,

As distant cousins of the ancient tribes met for the final fight.

We learned of these wars in the glow of the screen,

Through the eyes of John Wayne, the fiercest we've seen,

With Randolph Scott and Errol Flynn leading the fight,

Living out the western myth in the fading light.

The New World was forged in a bloody embrace,

A violent collision of time and of race.

Brother fought brother, the state grew to height,

Until they built the weapon that extinguished the night.

But let it be written, let the record stay clear,

Before the cannons, before the colonial fear,

The Vikings of Thor—the Northmen of old,

Found the rocks of the West while the winds still blew cold.

to be continued

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 ELENCHUS... A Trial of History"    (16)

PUBLICATION IDENTITY & CREDITS

Original Text & Inspiration:

Panayotis V. Mataragas (Rotterdam)

The foundational vision, drafted at the crossroads of European history.

Language Editing & Adaptation:

Kellene G. Safis (Chicago)

Refining the rhythm and pulse through a definitive American lens.

Digital Editing & Formatting:

Cathy Rapakoulia Mataraga (Piraeus)

The architectural assembly and final form at the Great Port.

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* Five main time periods appear, and these will be covered in chronological order, along with the events that mark their loosely defined boundaries: 
North Germanic/Primitive Scandinavian, Old Danish, Middle Danish, Early Modern Danish, and Modern Danish.
North Germanic/Primitive Scandinavian (200A.D. - 800A.D.)

The Vikings invading eastern Britain and northwest France, and eventually settling in both regions, come mainly from Denmark. The Swedes raid across the Baltic and penetrate deep into Russia as traders.

It is impossible to assign the various Viking groups at all precisely to places of origin. But broadly speaking, adventurers from the coast of Norway raid the north of England and continue round the Scottish coast to Ireland. Vikings from the same region later settle in the Scottish islands, Iceland and parts of Ireland.

 ELEGHOS... at history