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What is La Mediteranee for Fernand Braudel?
His first book, La Méditerranée et le Monde Méditerranéen à l'Epoque de Philippe II (1949) (The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II)
what was the topic of La Mediteranee by Fernand Braudel?
The second level of time comprises long-term social, economic, and cultural history, where Braudel discusses the Mediterranean economy, social groupings, empires and civilizations.
what time period was Fernand Braudel studying for La Mediteranee?
Braudel looks at two or three centuries in order to spot a particular pattern
what patterns did Fernand Braudel discover looking at two or three centuries in order to spot a particular pattern?
Braudel looks at two or three centuries in order to spot a particular pattern, such as the rise and fall of various aristocracies.
what other levels of time did Fernand Braudel study besides two and three?
The first level of time, geographical time, is that of the environment, with its slow, almost imperceptible change, its repetition and cycles. Such change may be slow, but irresistible.

Question: is there a third level of time?
Self-contained rewrite: is there a third level of time for Fernand Braudel?