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The Making of Denmark: From Ice Age to Kingdom

by Adrian E. Markham
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9798198558205
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
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  • Pages: 214
  • Original Price: GBP 11.12
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 254 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Europe / Nordic Countries

The Making of Denmark: From Ice Age to Kingdom by Adrian E. Markham explores the deep origins of the Danish world, tracing the long transformation of a glacial landscape into one of northern Europe's earliest centers of culture, trade, and political power. From the retreat of the Ice Age and the arrival of the first hunter gatherers to the rise of tribal leaders and sacred kingship, the book follows the gradual emergence of Denmark across thousands of years of human experience.

Markham examines the shift from forest foraging to agriculture, the construction of burial mounds and megalithic monuments, and the growth of Bronze Age trade networks that connected Denmark to the wider European world. Through sites such as Lejre, Gudme, and Ribe, the book reveals how wealth, ritual, warfare, and maritime geography shaped the foundations of authority and identity in the north.

Drawing on archaeology, early Roman accounts, runic evidence, and the surviving traditions of the northern world, The Making of Denmark presents a vivid portrait of a society formed through adaptation, continuity, and exchange. It is the story of how generations of people, shaped by sea, land, and memory, laid the foundations of the Danish kingdom long before the Viking ships crossed the horizon.

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