The Great Sea - A Human History of the Mediterranean

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.>

About the author

David Abulafia is Emeritus Professor of Mediterranean History at the University of Cambridge, a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College and a former Chairman of the Cambridge History Faculty. His previous books include Frederick II, The Western Mediterranean Kingdoms and The Great Sea, which has been translated into a dozen languages. He is a member of the Academia Europaea, and in 2003 was made Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà Italiana in recognition of his work on Italian and Mediterranean history.

Summary

Over the years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of civilization. This book presents the history of the Mediterranean, from the erection of temples on Malta around 3500 BC to modern tourism.

Report

The greatest living historian of the Mediterranean Andrew Roberts

Product details

• Authors: David Abulafia
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.03.2014
• EAN: 9780141977164
• ISBN: 978-0-14-197716-4
• No. of pages: 816
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 36 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Mittelmeer, Mittelmeerländer : Geschichte, HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Africa / North, Mediterranean Sea, History: earliest times to present day, Mediterranean countries / Mediterranean basin