LEADER 03691nam 22005291 450 001 9910797137003321 005 20200124110340.0 010 $a0-7556-0833-X 010 $a0-85773-739-2 024 7 $a10.5040/9780755608331 035 $a(CKB)3710000000417981 035 $a(EBL)2060416 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2060416 035 $a(OCoLC)910623065 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09264777 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2060416 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000417981 100 $a20200131d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe islands of the Eastern Mediterranean $ea history of cross-cultural encounters /$fedited by Ozlem Caykent, and Luca Zavagno 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cI.B. Tauris,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (338 p.) 225 1 $aInternational library of ethnicity, identity and culture 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-78076-629-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aList of Contributions -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Ottoman Caesar: Mehmed II's Strategies of Possession, 1453-1481 -- 3. Security or Glory? Some Sixteenth-Century Views on the Necessity of Conquering Rhodes -- 4. The Clash of Rum and Frenk: Orthodox-Catholic Interactions on the Aegean Islands in the Mid-Seventeenth to Mid-Eighteenth Centuries and their Impact in the Ottoman Capital -- 5. Challenging Authority and Transforming Politics: A New Perspective on the Muslim and Non-Muslim Experiences in Ottoman Crete, 1896-97 -- 6. The Minoans, the Ottomans and the British: The Eastern Mediterranean as an Imperial Space -- 7. The Wonderful Adventures of the Swedish Cyprus Expedition: Einar Gjerstad, Erik Sjoqvist, the Swedish Institute in Rome and the Cyprus Expedition -- 8. Looting and Losing the Archaeological Heritage of Cyprus -- 9. The Sea that Binds Us: the EU's Problematic Normative Capacity and the Union for the Mediterranean. 330 $a"The Mediterranean, or 'Middle Sea', has long been regarded as the symbolic centre of European civilization. The binding water between Turkey, the Middle East, the trading communities of North Africa, and the European powerhouses Italy, France and Greece, a history of this sea is a new and vital way of understanding the history of the societies which have flourished in the region. The Islands of the Eastern Mediterranean charts the story of the water as both connector and border, and analyses the islands role in world history. Covering Mehmed II's efforts to conquer the old Roman Empire, through to the claims of Rhodes and the role of the Aegean Islands in Ottoman international relations, to the British in Cyprus and the present-day tensions, this book's interconnected essays from leading scholars form a tapestry of knowledge. Together, they represent a new frontier in the way in which we look at sea histories. This will become essential reading for scholars of History, International Relations, Trade and Migration--Bloomsbury Publishing." 410 0$aInternational library of ethnicity, identity and culture. 606 $aGeneral & world history$2BIC 607 $aIslands of the Mediterranean$xHistory 607 $aMediterranean Region$xHistory 615 7$aGeneral & world history. 676 $a909.09822 702 $aC?aykent$b O?zlem 702 $aZavagno$b Luca 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797137003321 996 $aThe islands of the Eastern Mediterranean$93863300 997 $aUNINA