The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean
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The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean
The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean

The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean

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David Abulafia (Author)  

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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 temples 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 life pilgrims, pirates, sultans and naval commanders, this is the story of the sea that has shaped much of world history.
David Abulafia is Professor of Mediterranean History at the University of Cambridge, and a fellow of Gonville and Caius College, and was until recently Chairman of the Cambridge History Faculty. His previous books include Frederick II and The Western Mediterranean Kingdoms. He is a member of the Academia Europaea, and in 2003 was made Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella della Solidarieta Italiana in recognition of his work on Italian and Mediterranean history.
  • Contributor: David Abulafia
  • Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
  • ISBN13: 9780141977164
  • Number of Pages: 816
  • Packaged Dimensions: 129x198x36mm
  • Packaged Weight: 602
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Release Date: 2014-03-06
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: David Abulafia is Professor of Mediterranean History at the University of Cambridge, and a fellow of Gonville and Caius College, and was until recently Chairman of the Cambridge History Faculty. His previous books include Frederick II and The Western Mediterranean Kingdoms. He is a member of the Academia Europaea, and in 2003 was made Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella della Solidarieta Italiana in recognition of his work on Italian and Mediterranean history.

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