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The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean

By: Publication details: United Kingdom; Penguin Books Ltd; 2014Description: 816 Pages; PaperbackISBN:
  • 9780141977164
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909.09
Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi History 909.09 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Withdrawn Not For Loan SOLD - BOOK BAZAAR PKLC001411
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore History 909.09 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC011079
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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.

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