The great sea : a human history of the Mediterranean / David Abulafia.

Author
Abulafia, David [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : Allen Lane, 2011.
Description
783 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

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    Summary note
    This text presents a complete history of the Mediterranean from the erection of the mysterious temples on Malta around 3500 BC to the recent reinvention of the Mediterranean's shores as a tourist destination.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • pt. 1. The first Mediterranean, 22000 BC-1000 BC. Isolation and insulation, 22000 BC-3000 BC
    • Copper and bronze, 3000 BC-1500 BC
    • Merchants and heroes, 1500 BC-1250 BC
    • Sea peoples and land peoples, 1250 BC-1100 BC
    • pt. 2. The second Mediterranean, 1000 BC-AD 600. The purple traders, 1000 BC-700 BC
    • The heirs of Odysseus, 800 BC-550 BC
    • The triumph of the Tyrrhenians, 800 BC-400 BC
    • Towards the garden of the Hesperides, 1000 BC-400 BC
    • Thalassocracies, 550 BC-400 BC
    • The lighthouse of the Mediterranean, 350 BC-100 BC
    • 'Carthage must be destroyed, ' 400 BC-146 BC
    • 'Our sea, ' 146 BC-AD 150
    • Old and new faiths, AD 1-450
    • Dis-integration, 400-600
    • pt. 3. The third Mediterranean, 600-1350. Mediterranean troughs, 600-900
    • Crossing the boundaries between Christendom and Islam, 900-1050
    • The great sea-change, 1000-1100
    • 'The profit that God shall give, ' 1100-1200
    • Ways across the sea, 1160-1185
    • The fall and rise of empires, 1130-1260
    • Merchants, mercenaries and missionaries, 1220-1300
    • Serrata
    • closing, 1291-1350
    • pt. 4. The fourth Mediterranean, 1350-1830. Would-be Roman emperors, 1350-1480
    • Transformations in the West, 1391-1500
    • Holy leagues and unholy alliances, 1500-1550
    • Akdeniz
    • the battle for the White Sea, 1550-1571
    • Interlopers in the Mediterranean, 1571-1650
    • Diasporas in despair, 1560-1700
    • Encouragement to others, 1650-1780
    • The view through the Russian prism, 1760-1805
    • Deys, beys, and bashaws, 1800-1830
    • pt. 5. The fifth Mediterranean, 1830-2010. Ever the twain shall meet, 1830-1900
    • The Greek and the unGreek, 1830-1920
    • Ottoman exit, 1900-1918
    • A tale of four and a half cities, 1900-1950
    • Mare nostrum
    • again, 1918-1945
    • A fragmented Mediterranean, 1945-1990
    • The last Mediterranean, 1950-2010
    • Conclusion : Crossing the sea.
    ISBN
    • 9780713999341
    • 0713999349
    • 9780195323344
    • 0195323343
    LCCN
    2011431048
    OCLC
    689522197
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