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A companion to Mediterranean history / edited by Peregrine Horden and Sharon Kinoshita.
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Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley Blackwell, 2014.
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xiii, 483 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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Firestone Library - Classics Collection
DE80 .C658 2014
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Mediterranean Region
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History
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Horden, Peregrine
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Kinoshita, Sharon
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Wiley Blackwell companions to world history
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Summary note
A Companion to Mediterranean History presents a wide-ranging overview of this vibrant field of historical research, drawing together scholars from a range of disciplines to discuss the development of the region from Neolithic times to the present. *Provides a valuable introduction to current debates on Mediterranean history and helps define the field for a new generation; *Covers developments in the Mediterranean world from Neolithic times to the modern era; *Enables fruitful dialogue among a wide range of disciplines, including history, archaeology, art, literature, and anthropology.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Climate and vegetation: The Mediterranean climate / Fredric Cheyette ; The vegetative Mediterranean / Paolo Squatriti
Turning points and phases: Mediterranean "prehistory" / Cyprian Broodbank ; The ancient Mediterranean / Nicholas Purcell ; The medieval Mediterranean / Dominique Valérian ; The early modern Mediterranean / Molly Greene ; Mediterranean modernity? / Naor Ben-Yehoyada ; Po-mo Med / Michael Herzfeld
Politics and Power: Thalassocracies / David Abulafia ; Nautical technology / Ruthy Gertwagen ; Piracy / Clifford R. Backman ; Cartography / Emilie Savage-Smith
Settlement and Society: Settlement patterns / John Bintliff ; Cave dwelling / Valerie Ramseyer ; Family and household / Paola Sacchi and Pier Paolo Viazzo ; Disease / Robert Sallares ; Forms of slavery / Youval Rotman
Language and Culture: Material culture / Tehmina Goskar ; Visual culture / Cecily J. Hilsdale ; Mediterranean literature / Sharon Kinoshita ; Lingua franca / Karla Mallette ; Hybridity / Steven A. Epstein
Religions in conflict and co-existence: Ethno-religious minorities / Brian A. Catlos ; Shared sacred places / Maria Couroucli ; Jews / Fred Astren
The Mediterranean and a wider world: The Mediterranean and the Atlantic / Teofilo F. Ruiz ; The Mediterranean and Africa / Ray A. Kea ; The Mediterranean and Asia / Nicholas Doumanis ; The Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean / Elizabeth Ann Pollard.
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Mediterranean history
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9780470659014 ((hardback))
0470659017 ((hardback))
9781118519370
111851937X
OCLC
861068510
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