The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean
Abulafia, David
The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean - United Kingdom; Penguin Books Ltd; 2014 - 816 Pages; Paperback
For over three thousand years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of civilization. David Abulafia's The Great Sea is the first complete history of the Mediterranean, from the erection of temples on Malta around 3500 BC to modern tourism. Ranging across time and the whole extraordinary space of the Mediterranean from Gibraltar to Jaffa, Genoa to Tunis, and bringing to life pilgrims, pirates, sultans and naval commanders, this is the story of the sea that has shaped much of world history.
9780141977164
Mediterranean Sea
General & world history
909.09
The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean - United Kingdom; Penguin Books Ltd; 2014 - 816 Pages; Paperback
For over three thousand years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of civilization. David Abulafia's The Great Sea is the first complete history of the Mediterranean, from the erection of temples on Malta around 3500 BC to modern tourism. Ranging across time and the whole extraordinary space of the Mediterranean from Gibraltar to Jaffa, Genoa to Tunis, and bringing to life pilgrims, pirates, sultans and naval commanders, this is the story of the sea that has shaped much of world history.
9780141977164
Mediterranean Sea
General & world history
909.09