What was happening in the Americas when the Sung dynasty was at its height in China? What was being built in India when the great cathedrals were rising in France? What were the conflicts of the West when Genghis Khan and the Mongols were sweeping the East? What point of progress had been reached in Africa when the Renaissance was first flowering in Italy? The Atlas of Medieval Man provides an overview of the world spanning 500 years between 1000 and 1500. Profusely illustrated with drawings, photos, maps and charts, this book is an authoritative study on the diverse cultural strands that run through that fascinating period known as the Middle Ages...