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1	Egypt, Greece and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean more books like this by Charles Freeman add to wishlist This is a comprehensive, one-volume introduction to the three major civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean world: Eygpt, Greece, and Rome. It covers over 4000 years of ancient history - from the earliest Egyptian civilizations to the fall of Rome and rise of the Byzantine Empire. Starting with the emergence of the earliest Eygptian ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $32.90! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Worlds of Medieval Europe more books like this by Clifford R Backman add to wishlist Deftly written and beautifully illustrated, The Worlds of Medieval Europe, Second Edition, presents a distinctive and nuanced portrayal of a western world that was sharply divided between its northern and southern aspects. By integrating the histories of the Islamic and Byzantine worlds into the main narrative, author Clifford R. Backman offers an ... see all copies from $4.50! new only from $22.00!
3	The Ancient Mediterranean World: From the Stone Age to A.D. 600 more books like this by Robin W Winks, Susan P Mattern-Parkes add to wishlist The Ancient Mediterranean World provides a concise overview of the growth of Mediterranean civilizations from Paleolithic times through the rise of Muhammad in the 7th century A.D. The book surveys ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, and examines life in various Roman provinces, such as Judaea and Britain. It ends with a discussion of ... see all copies from $9.60! new only from $10.88! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian more books like this by Robin Lane Fox add to wishlist The classical civilizations of Greece and Rome once dominated the world, and they continue to fascinate and inspire us. Classical art and architecture, drama and epic, philosophy and politics-these are the foundations of Western civilization. In The Classical World, eminent classicist Robin Lane Fox brilliantly chronicles this vast sweep of ... see all copies from $4.27! new only from $4.43! \| SVS
5	Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian more books like this by Robin Lane Fox, Robin Lane Fox add to wishlist The classical civilizations of Greece and Rome once dominated the world, and they continue to fascinate and inspire us. Classical art and architecture, drama and epic, philosophy and politics--these are the foundations of Western civilization. In The Classical World, eminent classicist Robin Lane Fox brilliantly chronicles this vast sweep of ... see all copies from $2.98! new only from $9.99! \| first editions
6	Framing the Early Middle Ages: Europe and the Mediterranean, 400-800 more books like this by Chris Wickham add to wishlist The Roman empire tends to be seen as a whole whereas the early middle ages tends to be seen as a collection of regional histories, roughly corresponding to the land-areas of modern nation states. As a result, early medieval history is much more fragmented, and there have been few convincing syntheses of socio-economic change in the post-Roman ... see all copies from $46.47! new only from $46.47! \| SVS
7	The First Eden: The Mediterranean World & Man more books like this by David Attenborough add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Memory and the Mediterranean more books like this by Professor Fernand Braudel add to wishlist This is the story of the Mediterranean in ancient times, from its geological beginnings to the great civilizations that flourished along its shores. With its extraordinary depth and range of knowledge, Braudel's superb history brings to life as never before the beginnings of Western culture. 15 maps. 4 illustrations. of photos. see all copies from $5.56! new only from $9.12! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Rethinking the Mediterranean more books like this by W V Harris (Editor) add to wishlist In this collection of essays, an international group of renowned scholars attempt to establish the theoretical basis for studying the ancient and medieval history of the Mediterranean Sea and the lands around it. In so doing they range far afield to other Mediterraneans, real and imaginary, as distant as Brazil and Japan. Their work is an ... see all copies from $42.14! new only from $49.75! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity: Ad 393-565 more books like this by Averil Cameron add to wishlist The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity: AD 395-600 deals with the exciting period commonly known as late antiquity' - the fifth and sixth centuries. The Roman empire in the west was splitting into separate Germanic kingdoms, while the Near East, still under Roman or Byzantine rule from Constantinople, maintained a dense population and ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $37.42! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Mediterranean in the Ancient World more books like this by Fernand Braudel add to wishlist One of France's foremost post-war historians and an authority on the Mediterranean world of the 16th century, Fernand Braudel was surprised, but immediately tempted, when he was asked to write on the region's ancient history. But, believing that "history cannot really be understood unless it is extended to cover the entire human past", he seized ... see all copies from $17.95! new only from $17.95! \| first editions
12 view cover	The Corrupting Sea more books like this by Peregrine Horden, Nicholas Purcell add to wishlist The Corrupting Sea is a history of the relationship between people and their environments in the Mediterranean region over some 3,000 years. It advocates a novel analysis of this relationship in terms of microecologies and the often extensive networks to which they belong. This is the first major work since Braudel's The Mediterranean to address ... see all copies from $26.00! new only from $38.90! \| SVS
13	The Mediterranean more books like this by Richard Carrington add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Mediterranean: Environment and Society more books like this by Russell King, Bernard Smith, Lindsay Proudfoot add to wishlist This book addresses contemporary geographical issues in the Mediterranean Basin from a perspective that recognizes the physical characteristics and cultural interactions which link the different Mediterranean states as a recognisable geographic entity. Sixteen chapters each deal with a major geographical issue currently facing the Mediterranean, ... see all copies from $12.49! new only from $39.69! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Mediterranean Passages: Readings from Dido to Derrida more books like this by Miriam Cooke (Editor), Erdag Goknar (Editor), Grant Parker (Editor) add to wishlist This book brings antiquity into conversation with the present.The Mediterranean is the meeting point of three continents - Asia, Africa, and Europe - as well as three major monotheistic religions - Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Focusing on global networks and cultural exchanges, "Mediterranean Passages" collects writings from across 3,000 ... see all copies from $14.95! new only from $24.95! \| first editions \| SVS
16	Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity, AD 395-600 more books like this by Averil Cameron add to wishlist "The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity: AD 395-600" deals with the period commonly known as "late antiquity" - the fifth and sixth centuries. The Roman Empire in the west was splitting into separate Germanic kingdoms, while the Near East, still under Roman or Byzantine rule from Constantinople, maintained a dense population and flourishing ... see all copies from $24.95! new only from $65.00! \| first editions
17 view cover	Late Antique and Medieval Art of the Mediterranean World more books like this by Eva R Hoffman (Editor) add to wishlist "Late Antique and Medieval Art of the Mediterranean World" is a much-needed teaching anthology that rethinks and broadens the scope of the stale and limiting classifications used for Early Christian-Byzantine visual arts. It is a comprehensive anthology offering a new approach to the visual arts classified as Early Christian-Byzantine. This work: ... see all copies from $40.63! new only from $47.95! \| SVS
18 view cover	Centre and Periphery in the Ancient World more books like this by Michael J Rowlands, Mogens Larsen (Editor), Kristian Kristiansen (Editor) add to wishlist This collaborative volume is concerned with long-term social change. Envisaging individual societies as interlinked and interdependent parts of a global social system, the aim of the contributors is to determine the extent to which ancient societies were shaped over time by their incorporation in - or resistance to - the larger system. Their ... see all copies from $24.76! new only from $25.65! \| SVS
19 view cover	East & West: Papers in Ancient History Presented to Glen W. Bowersock more books like this by Glen Warren Bowerstock, T Corey Brennan (Editor), Harriet I Flower (Editor) add to wishlist The papers in this volume are based on a 2006 Princeton University symposium in honor of Glen W. Bowersock on the occasion of his retirement from the faculty of the Institute for Advanced Study. Here a distinguished international group of ancient historians explores the classical antiquity that Bowersock has given us over a scholarly career of ... see all copies from $19.43! new only from $19.43! \| SVS
20	Ecology in Ancient Civilizations more books like this by J. Donald Hughes add to wishlist see all copies from $4.93! first editions
21	The Medieval Mediterranean: Cross-Cultural Contacts more books like this by Marilyn Joyce Segal Chiat add to wishlist "The Medieval Mediterranean " was first published in 1991. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. "Three faiths--Jewish, Christian, and Muslim--became the dominant religions of western ... see all copies from $23.99! first editions
22	The hollow ships : trade and seafaring in the ancient world more books like this by Diana Topham-Meekings add to wishlist see all copies from $23.08! first editions
23 view cover	Ancient Greeks West and East more books like this by Gocha Tsetskhladze (Editor) add to wishlist This work deals with the concept of "West" and "East", as held by the ancient Greeks. The cultural exchange in archaic and classical Greece through the establishment of Hellenic colonies is examined with new data which the book uses to re-examine existing evidence and reinterpret old theories. see all copies from $335.03! new only from $335.03!
24 view cover	The Complex Past of Pottery: Production, Circulation and Consumption of Mycenaean and Greek Pottery (16th to Early 5th Centuries more books like this by Archon, J P Crielaard, V Stissi add to wishlist Proceedings of the ARCHON International Conference, held in Amsterdam,1996. see all copies from $94.10! new only from $94.10!
25	Les Memoires de La Mediterranee: Prehistoire Et Antiquite more books like this by Professor Fernand Braudel add to wishlist see all copies from $34.23! new only from $79.46!

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