Behold, the Mediterranean
By: by Mark Weisenmiller
Publisher: Alka Press International
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lutz, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 465
ISBN-13: 9780981771212
Subjects: Politics and government; Social life and customs; Civilization; Description and travel
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 441-452) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the incubator of the world; title: Prologue: here is the Mediterranean Sea; title: pt. 1. Africa. Morocco: out Mediterranean journey begins; title: Algeria: working on growing; title: Tunisia: Carthage and more; title: Libya: Colonel Qaddafi's country; title: Egypt: from the Sphinx to Mubarak; title: pt. 2. The Middle East. Israel: the chosen land; title: Lebanon: from the Canaanites to rockets of destruction; title: Syria: farming, oil, and the regime of the al-Assads; title: Turkey: the linchpin of the Mediterranean; title: pt. 3. Europe. Spain: portrait of a proud country; title: Low France: toughness amid beauty; title: Monaco: playground of the super-rich; title: Italy: where civilian and religious leaders rule; title: Malta: violence on a small island; title: Greece: where democracy began and still evolves.