By the early Bronze Age the lakes and forests of the north continued to be the home to hunter-gatherers, the surrounding mountains were exploited for metals and fertile regions along rivers had long been farmed with large settlements established over time in some places. Sophisticated agriculture such as terracing and wine production were to beContinue reading “Middle World in the Early Bronze Age.”
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The Old World
By the old world I am referring to the famous Ptolemy map which depicts the world stretching from the British Isles across to Sri Lanka. This was the world of the Iron Age and by the height of the Roman Empire was an integrated economic entity. During the Bronze Age though it was the areaContinue reading “The Old World”
An introduction to Middle World
Scandinavia in prehistory was mostly a carpet of northern forest interspersed by sheets of water with a climate of long winters and short summers. This landscape and climate continues across the eastern extension of the North European Plain and it is necessary to travel far to the south to discover a break in this uniformity.Continue reading “An introduction to Middle World”
The Geography of Eastern Europe.
Scandinavia in prehistory was mostly a carpet of northern forest interspersed by sheets of water with a climate of long winters and short summers. The nine worlds of Norse mythology however are widely diverse with lands that are hugely contrasting yet can be close to one another. This would suggest that this world was inspiredContinue reading “The Geography of Eastern Europe.”
Yggdrasil and Middle World 