02541nam 2200541 450 991046377580332120170821203102.01-4438-6278-9(CKB)2670000000568523(EBL)1790896(SSID)ssj0001412737(PQKBManifestationID)11895467(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001412737(PQKBWorkID)11408641(PQKB)10089670(MiAaPQ)EBC1790896(EXLCZ)99267000000056852320141003h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIonian islands aspects of their history and culture /edited by Anthony Hirst and Patrick SammonNewcastle upon Tyne, England :Cambridge Scholars Publishing,2014.©20141 online resource (506 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4438-5825-0 1-322-14459-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; EDITORS' PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; PART II; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; PART III; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN; BIBLIOGRAPHY; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; INDEXThe Ionian Islands stretch south from the Adriatic, where Corfu's Pantokrator mountain overlooks Albania across narrow straits, along the western coast of mainland Greece through Paxi, Kephalonia, Ithaca, Lefkada and Zakynthos, to Kythira, midway between Athens and Crete. Three crucial sea-battles were fought here-Sybota (the first recorded), Actium and Lepanto-an indication of the Ionians' role as an East-West crossroads, between Western Christendom and the Orthodox and Islamic East. Ruled ...Ionian Islands (Greece)GuidebooksIonian Islands (Greece)HistoryCorfu Island (Greece)HistoryElectronic books.914.95914.95047Hirst AnthonySammon PatrickMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463775803321Ionian islands2277207UNINA