
THE GREAT SEA |
Subtitle:
A Human History of the Mediterranean
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Book Category:
History > World
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Author:
David Abulafia
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Binding:
Hardcover
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ISBN 10:
0195323343
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ISBN 13:
9780195323344
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Price:
USD 34.95
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Publication Year:
2011
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Publisher Info
Oxford University Press. InquiryBook Description
Situated at the intersection of Europe, Asia, and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea has been for millenia the place where religions, economies, and political systems met, clashed, influenced and absorbed one another. David Abulafia offers a fresh perspective by focusing on the sea itself: its practical importance for transport and sustenance; its dynamic role in the rise and fall of empires; and the remarkable cast of characters--sailors, merchants, migrants, pirates, pilgrims--who have crossed and recrossed it.
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