This lively and dramatic book brings roaring to life the grand sweep of 5;000 years of history in the cradle of civilization.A wonderfully illustrated account of the civilizations that rose and fell on the lands bordering the Mediterranean; The Middle Sea represents the culmination of a great historian’s unparalleled art and scholarship. John Julius Norwich provides brilliant portraits of the Phoenicians; the Egyptians; the Greeks; the Romans; the Byzantines; the Arabs; the French; the Venetians; the Popes; and the pirates of the Gulf. Above all; he deftly traces the intermingling of ancient conflicts and modern sensibilities that shapes life today on the shores of the Middle Sea.
Society American Oriental 2016-04-27Original language:English 9.21 x .94 x 6.14l; 1.63 #File Name: 1354790332Journal of the American Oriental Society Volume 2
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