The great sea
Subtitle: a human history of the Mediterranean
By: David Abulafia
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 783
ISBN-13: 9780195323344
Subjects: History; Civilization; Intercultural communication
Description: Presents a history of human interaction and cultural relations in the Mediterranean Sea region, from prehistoric times to the present day.
Notes: "First published in Great Britain in 2011 by Allen Lane"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 649-727) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. The first Mediterranean, 22000 BC-1000 BC. Isolation and insulation, 22000 BC-3000 BC; title: Copper and bronze, 3000 BC-1500 BC; title: Merchants and heroes, 1500 BC-1250 BC; title: Sea peoples and land peoples, 1250 BC-1100 BC; title: Pt. 2. The second Mediterranean, 1000 BC-AD 600. The purple traders, 1000 BC-700 BC; title: The heirs of Odysseus, 800 BC-550 BC; title: The triumph of the Tyrrhenians, 800 BC-400 BC; title: Towards the garden of the Hesperides, 1000 BC-400 BC; title: Thalassocracies, 550 BC-400 BC; title: The lighthouse of the Mediterranean, 350 BC-100 BC; title: 'Carthage must be destroyed,' 400 BC-146 BC; title: 'Our sea,' 146 BC-AD 150; title: Old and new faiths, AD 1-450; title: Dis-integration, 400-600; title: Pt. 3. The third Mediterranean, 600-1350. Mediterranean troughs, 600-900; title: Crossing the boundaries between Christendom and Islam, 900-1050; title: The great sea-change, 1000-1100; title: 'The profit that God shall give,' 1100-1200; title: Ways across the sea, 1160-1185; title: The fall and rise of empires, 1130-1260; title: Merchants, mercenaries and missionaries, 1220-1300; title: Serrata; title: closing, 1291-1350; title: Pt. 4. The fourth Mediterranean, 1350-1830. Would-be Roman emperors, 1350-1480; title: Transformations in the West, 1391-1500; title: Holy leagues and unholy alliances, 1500-1550; title: Akdeniz; title: the battle for the White Sea, 1550-1571; title: Interlopers in the Mediterranean, 1571-1650; title: Diasporas in despair, 1560-1700; title: Encouragement to others, 1650-1780; title: The view through the Russian prism, 1760-1805; title: Deys, beys, and bashaws, 1800-1830; title: Pt. 5. The fifth Mediterranean, 1830-2010. Ever the twain shall meet, 1830-1900; title: The Greek and the unGreek, 1830-1920; title: Ottoman exit, 1900-1918; title: A tale of four and a half cities, 1900-1950; title: Mare nostrum; title: again, 1918-1945; title: A fragmented Mediterranean, 1945-1990; title: The last Mediterranean, 1950-2010; title: Conclusion : Crossing the sea.