The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean has nurtured three of the most dazzling civilisations of antiquity, witnessed the birth or growth of three of our greatest religions and links three of the world's six continents. This work tells the story of the Middle Sea itself - a story that begins with the Phoenicians and...
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The Mediterranean has nurtured three of the most dazzling civilisations of antiquity, witnessed the birth or growth of three of our greatest religions and links three of the world's six continents. This work tells the story of the Middle Sea itself - a story that begins with the Phoenicians and the Pharaohs and ends with the Treaty of Versailles.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781844133086 (1844133087)
Publish date: July 5th 2007
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 688
Edition language: English
If I recall correctly, this was honestly pretty boring. History as some-dude-did-this, then-some-other-dude-did-that, but on a beach. Tedious accounting of increasingly inbred marriages. No Mameluks. Not nearly enough Ottomans. Didn't finish.
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