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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
About the Author
Dedication
List of Illustrations
System of Transliteration and Dating
Preface
Introduction: A Sea with Many Names
The Great Sea
PART ONE: The First Mediterranean, 22000 BC–1000 BC
1: Isolation and Insulation, 22000 BC–3000 BC
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2: Copper and Bronze, 3000 BC–1500 BC
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3: Merchants and Heroes, 1500 BC–1250 BC
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4: Sea Peoples and Land Peoples, 1250 BC–1100 BC
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PART TWO: The Second Mediterranean, 1000 BC–AD 600
1: The Purple Traders, 1000 BC–700 BC
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2: The Heirs of Odysseus, 800 BC–550 BC
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3: The Triumph of the Tyrrhenians, 800 BC–400 BC
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4: Towards the Garden of the Hesperides, 1000 BC–400 BC
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5: Thalassocracies, 550 BC–400 BC
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6: The Lighthouse of the Mediterranean, 350 BC–100 BC
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7: ‘Carthage Must Be Destroyed’, 400 BC–146 BC
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8: ‘Our Sea’, 146 BC–AD 150
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9: Old and New Faiths, AD 1–450
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10: Dis-integration, 400–600
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PART THREE: The Third Mediterranean, 600–1350
1: Mediterranean Troughs, 600–900
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2: Crossing the Boundaries between Christendom and Islam, 900–1050
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3: The Great Sea-change, 1000–1100
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4: ‘The Profit That God Shall Give’, 1100–1200
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5: Ways across the Sea, 1160–1185
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6: The Fall and Rise of Empires, 1130–1260
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7: Merchants, Mercenaries and Missionaries, 1220–1300
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8: Serrata – Closing, 1291–1350
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PART FOUR: The Fourth Mediterranean, 1350–1830
1: Would-be Roman Emperors, 1350–1480
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2: Transformations in the West, 1391–1500
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3: Holy Leagues and Unholy Alliances, 1500–1550
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4: Akdeniz – the Battle for the White Sea, 1550–1571
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5: Interlopers in the Mediterranean, 1571–1650
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6: Diasporas in Despair, 1560–1700
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7: Encouragement to Others, 1650–1780
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8: The View through the Russian Prism, 1760–1805
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9: Deys, Beys and Bashaws, 1800–1830
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PART FIVE: The Fifth Mediterranean, 1830–2014
1: Ever the Twain Shall Meet, 1830–1900
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2: The Greek and the unGreek, 1830–1920
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3: Ottoman Exit, 1900–1918
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4: A Tale of Four and a Half Cities, 1900–1950
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5: Mare Nostrum – Again,1918–1945
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6: A Fragmented Mediterranean, 1945–1990
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7: The Last Mediterranean, 1950–2014
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Illustrations
Conclusion: Crossing the Sea
Further Reading
Notes
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