[Sca-cooks] barbarians....

[ekoogler1 at comcast.net]

Yup...it did kind of give that impression!

Kiri
> Brandu/Capt Elias in reviewing the Barbarians series commented:
> >>>>>>
> Makes me wonder what other "facts" they played fast and loose with.
> (Like the fact that Harald's invasion of England was partly in concert with 
> William's, and they barely touched on the relationship between the Vikings and 
> Normans... )
> All in all I can't say I recommend it as anything but the broadest overview.
> <<<<<<
> 
> I did learn some new stuff from the Mongols show last night. However, unless I 
> missed something, they seemed to be saying the Pax Mongolia opened up the trade 
> routes and introduced the Europeans to the spices and the riches of the East. It 
> did *re* open the trade routes, but the Romans had been importing huge 
> quantities of spices long before the Mongols came along.
> 
> Stefan
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