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THE GREAT SEA
THE GREAT SEA
Subtitle:
A Human History of the Mediterranean
Book Category:
History > World
Author:
David Abulafia
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN 10:
0195323343
ISBN 13:
9780195323344
Price:
USD 34.95
Publication Year:
2011

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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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