Title: Geography, technology, and war :
Authors: Pryor, John H.,
Date: 1988
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Physical description: xviii, 238 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: V
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.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Mediterranean Region--History, Naval.; Navigation--Mediterranean Region--History.