EI Weekly Listen — Peter Heather on empire and development in first millennium Europe

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EI Weekly Listen — Peter Heather on empire and development in first millennium Europe

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Mar 22, 2024

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The story of first millennium Europe is one of remarkable economic change and demographic upheaval; a precocious analogue to the modern era of globalisation. Read by Leighton Pugh.

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Mar 22, 2024

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EI Weekly Listen — Peter Heather on empire and development in first millennium Europe

EI Weekly Listen — Peter Heather on empire and development in first millennium Europe

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