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

By:

Abulafia, David

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Penguin Books, 2014.Edition: Updated editionDescription: xxxi, 783 p., 32 unnumbered pages of plates : ill., maps ; 20 cmISBN:

9780141977164 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

Mediterranean Region -- History

DDC classification:

909.09822

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 temple 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 lief 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	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book - 7-day loan	CYA Library Main Collection	909.09822 ABU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000007812

Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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 temple 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 lief pilgrims, pirates, sultans and naval commanders, this is the story of the sea that has shaped much of world history."