I finished the draft of the second part of the new research.
As I have already told you, the chapter will probably comprise three parts. Part 3 will be about the Wangara traders in West Africa. This is a vast social group of inter-region traders and Muslim scholars who founded settlements along the trade routes throughout the region. These guys delivered gold produced by the miners to the Sahel market towns where it was exchanged for an array of products essential for local and inter-regional trade.
I am also considering the future developments of my project. It is high time to speak about Portugal as an emerging sea power in the fourteenth- early fifteenth century and maybe to continue the story about the discovery of the mid-Atlantic islands (Madeira and the Azores).
Meanwhile, I uploaded a new chapter from my second book. The extract titled Beware of the 'Barbarians' elaborates on the role of Alexander Macedon as the guardian of the civilized world against the steppe realm. The Eurasian nomads were marginalized on behalf of their lifestyle, diet, behavior, social norms, and psychological traits. The Caspian Gates, the venue of the legend, was transferred to the Caucasus and associated with the mountain passes. A few scholars left their positive replies offering some changes.
https://www.academia.edu/44115626/Beware_of_Barbarians
You can also view the entire list of my articles https://independent.academia.edu/BaizermanMichae
By the way, a full list of my readers has exceeded 1 K, which I perceive as the major personal achievement considering the fact that most readers are researchers rather than the general public.
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