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ADs in Canada
See also: BCs in Canada, 11th century in Canada, 15th century in Canada, 16th century in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.
Events
- c. 175 AD: Funeral offerings in graves at the Norton Mounds in Michigan are elaborate. Materials imported from great distances indicate vigorous trade.
- c. 500 AD: The Thule people arrive in Alaska
- c. 550 AD: In the Upper Mississippi and Great Lakes areas, Woodland peoples construct their burial mounds in the shape of birds or animals.
- 889 AD: A Muslim navigator, Khashkhash Ibn Saeed Ibn Aswad, from Cordoba, Islamic Spain, sailed from Delba (Palos), crossed the Atlantic Ocean, reached the Americas, and returned with fabulous treasures.[1][2][3]
- 999 AD: Another Muslim navigator, Ibn Farrukh, from Granada, sailed into the Atlantic on February 999, landed in Gando (Canary islands) visiting King Guanariga, and continued westward where he saw and named two islands, Capraria and Pluitana. He arrived back in Spain in May 999.[2][4]
- c. 985-1014 AD: Norsemen led by Leif Ericson, son of Erik the Red, set up outposts in North America and encounter Eskimos, Beothuks, and Micmacs.
References
- ^ Tabish Khair (2006). Other Routes: 1500 Years of African and Asian Travel Writing, p. 12. Signal Books. ISBN 1904955118.
- ^ a b Dr. Youssef Mroueh (2003). Pre-Columbian Muslims in the Americas. Media Monitors Network.
- ^ Ali al-Masudi (940). Muruj Adh-Dhahab (The Book of Golden Meadows), Vol. 1, p. 138.
- ^ Abu Bakr Ibn Umar Al-Gutiyya.
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