The Mediterranean in history /
Contained in this history of the "Great Sea" are the stories of the birth of Western Civilization, the clash of warring faiths and the rivalries of empires. David Abulafia leads a team of eight distinguished historians in an exploration of the great facts, themes and epochs of this region&...
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Los Angeles :
J. Paul Getty Museum,
2003.
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Table of Contents:
- What is the Mediterranean? / David Abulafia
- The physical setting / Oliver Rackham
- The first trading empires : prehistory to c. 1000 BC / Marlene Suano
- The battle for the sea routes, 1000-300 BC / Mario Torelli
- The creation of Mare Nostrum, 300 BC-500 AD / Geoffrey Rickman
- The Mediterranean breaks up, 500-1000 / John Pryor
- A Christian Mediterranean, 1000-1500 / Michel Balard
- Resurgent Islam, 1500-1700 / Molly Greene
- The Mediterranean as a battleground of the European powers, 1700-1900 / Jeremy Black
- A globalized Mediterranean, 1900-2000 / David Abulafia.