Title: Geography, technology, and war : studies in the maritime history of the Mediterranean, 649-1571 /
Authors: Pryor, John H., 1947-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 1988
Subjects: Navigation Mediterranean Region History.; Mediterranean Region History, Naval.
Contents: 1. The sea -- 2. The ships -- 3. Navigation: the routes and their implications -- 4. The ninth and tenth centuries: Islam, Byzantium, and the West -- 5. The twelfth and thirteenth centuries: the Crusader states -- 6. Maritime traffic: the guerre de cours -- 7. The Turks -- 8. Epilogue: the Barbary corsairs -- 9. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.