European explorers were the first to encounter indigenous peoples of the New World. The first contact may have occurred when Thorvald, brother of Leif Eriksson, died in a skirmish with natives near Vinland in present-day Newfoundland
Explanation:
First contact” describes the initial meeting or meetings between cultures that were previously unaware of each other. In the 16th century, the Americas were populated by millions of people from thousands of communities; there were thousands of “first contacts”.
he first 2 centuries of the Empire saw a amount of unexampled stability and prosperity called the Pax Romana ("Roman Peace"). Rome reached its greatest territorial expanse throughout the reign of Trajan
