A Companion to Mediterranean History 9780470659014, 0470659017, 9781118519370, 111851937X

A Companion to Mediterranean History presents a wide-ranging overview of this vibrant field of historical research, draw

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English Pages xiii, 483 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm Year 2014

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A Companion to Mediterranean History
 9780470659014, 0470659017, 9781118519370, 111851937X

Table of contents :
Climate and vegetation: The Mediterranean climate / Fredric Cheyette
The vegetative Mediterranean / Paolo Squatriti --
Turning points and phases: Mediterranean "prehistory" / Cyprian Broodbank
The ancient Mediterranean / Nicholas Purcell
The medieval Mediterranean / Dominique Valérian
The early modern Mediterranean / Molly Greene
Mediterranean modernity? / Naor Ben-Yehoyada
Po-mo Med / Michael Herzfeld --
Politics and Power: Thalassocracies / David Abulafia
Nautical technology / Ruthy Gertwagen
Piracy / Clifford R. Backman
Cartography / Emilie Savage-Smith --
Settlement and Society: Settlement patterns / John Bintliff
Cave dwelling / Valerie Ramseyer
Family and household / Paola Sacchi and Pier Paolo Viazzo
Disease / Robert Sallares
Forms of slavery / Youval Rotman --
Language and Culture: Material culture / Tehmina Goskar
Visual culture / Cecily J. Hilsdale
Mediterranean literature / Sharon Kinoshita
Lingua franca / Karla Mallette
Hybridity / Steven A. Epstein --
Religions in conflict and co-existence: Ethno-religious minorities / Brian A. Catlos
Shared sacred places / Maria Couroucli
Jews / Fred Astren --
The Mediterranean and a wider world: The Mediterranean and the Atlantic / Teofilo F. Ruiz
The Mediterranean and Africa / Ray A. Kea
The Mediterranean and Asia / Nicholas Doumanis
The Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean / Elizabeth Ann Pollard.

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