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Record Nr.

UNINA9910661757203321

Autore

Abulafia David

Titolo

The great sea : a human history of the Mediterranean / / David Abulafia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2020

ISBN

0-19-756249-3

1-283-26967-8

9786613269676

0-19-971732-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (849 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

909.09

909.09822

Soggetti

Intercultural communication - Mediterranean Region - History

Mediterranean Region Civilization

Mediterranean Region History

Mediterranean Sea History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: London: Allen Lane; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The first Mediterranean, 22000 BC-1000 BC -- pt. 2. The second Mediterranean, 1000 BC-AD 600 -- pt. 3. The third Mediterranean, 600-1350 -- The fourth Mediterranean, 1350-1830 -- pt. 5. The fifth Mediterranean, 1830-2010.

Sommario/riassunto

This text presents a complete history of the Mediterranean from the erection of the mysterious temples on Malta around 3500 BC to the recent reinvention of the Mediterranean's shores as a tourist destination.