Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource BIbliografia Colonizzazioni interne Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource David Abulafia Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Oxford University Press Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2011 Language A language of the resource en Zotero Title The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean Item Type Book Author David Abulafia Place Oxford Publisher Oxford University Press ISBN 978-0-19-975263-8 Date 2011 Extra Google-Books-ID: LD9cyG2L4ucC Library Catalog Google Books Language en Abstract Note Connecting Europe, Asia, and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea has been for millennia the place where religions, economies, and political systems met, clashed, influenced and absorbed one another. In this brilliant and expansive book, David Abulafia offers a fresh perspective by focusing on the sea itself: its practical importance for transport and sustenance; its dynamic role in the rise and fall of empires; and the remarkable cast of characters-sailors, merchants, migrants, pirates, pilgrims-who have crossed and re-crossed it. Ranging from prehistory to the 21st century, The Great Sea is above all a history of human interaction. Interweaving major political and naval developments with the ebb and flow of trade, Abulafia explores how commercial competition in the Mediterranean created both rivalries and partnerships, with merchants acting as intermediaries between cultures, trading goods that were as exotic on one side of the sea as they were commonplace on the other. He stresses the remarkable ability of Mediterranean cultures to uphold the civilizing ideal of convivencia, "living together." Now available in paperback, The Great Sea is the definitive account of perhaps the most vibrant theater of human interaction in history. Short Title The Great Sea Num Pages 2604 Attachment Title Google Books Link History / Europe / Eastern History / Europe / Western Nature / Ecosystems & Habitats / Oceans & Seas Science / Earth Sciences / Oceanography