The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean

by David Abulafia

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For over three thousand years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of world civilisation. From the time of historical Troy until the middle of the nineteenth century, human activity here decisively shaped much of the course of world history. David Abulafia's The Great Sea is the first 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.

Part of the argument of Abulafia's book is that the...Read more
  • ISBN10 0713999349
  • ISBN13 9780713999341
  • Publish Date 5 May 2011
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 31 January 2013
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
  • Imprint Allen Lane
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 816
  • Language English