An extract from the Vinland Saga about how Leif Erikson, Thorvald Erikson and Thorfinn Karlsefni discovered the New World by sailing from Ireland to Iceland, then to Greenland and then across to Newfoundland.

The extract also details how the Viking explorers traded and fought with the Native Americans, who they called "Skraelings".

Sources:

http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/nda/nda19.htm

http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/nda/nda20.htm

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A recitation of a collection of texts and legends of Sargon of Akkad.

Sources:

Sargon Legend 1: http://legacy.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/2300sargon1.asp

Sargon Legend 2: http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr214.htm

Chronicle of Early Kings: http://www.livius.org/cg-cm/chronicles/abc20/kings.html

Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargon_of_Akkad

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