Mediterranean: Portrait of a SeaOverview of the historical events that took place in the Mediterranean Sea. |
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... Christian capital for the Roman Empire , whose state religion would be Christian- ity . Byzantium had been an ancient Dorian colony , founded about 650 B.C. by Greek traders who had early appreciated its superb position at the southern ...
... Christian capital for the Roman Empire , whose state religion would be Christian- ity . Byzantium had been an ancient Dorian colony , founded about 650 B.C. by Greek traders who had early appreciated its superb position at the southern ...
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... Christian Church , and the fury with which he persecuted other Christians must be attributed to his fanaticism as well as to his greed for plunder . The Arian heresy , called after its propagator , Arius ( an obscure Alexandrian deacon ...
... Christian Church , and the fury with which he persecuted other Christians must be attributed to his fanaticism as well as to his greed for plunder . The Arian heresy , called after its propagator , Arius ( an obscure Alexandrian deacon ...
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... Christian world , its benefits can be more justly assessed . ... As William Culican writes , in The Dark Ages : " The Islamic invasion gave Spain a new importance in the history of Europe .. Although Christianity was now on the ...
... Christian world , its benefits can be more justly assessed . ... As William Culican writes , in The Dark Ages : " The Islamic invasion gave Spain a new importance in the history of Europe .. Although Christianity was now on the ...
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Aegean Alexandria allies ancient Arabs army Asia Minor Athenians Athens basin battle became British Byzantine Byzantine Empire Byzantium canal captured Carthage Carthaginians centre century B.C. Christian coast colonies conflict conquest Constantinople Corsica Crete Crusaders culture dominated early East eastern Mediterranean Egypt Emperor enemy English Etruscans Euboea Europe European fact fish fleet force Fourth Crusade France French galleys Gibraltar Greece Greek H. A. L. Fisher harbour Herodotus hundred Ionian island Italian Italy knights land later Levant Levanzo mainland Malta Maltese mast Mediter Moslem mountain Napoleon naval navigation navy North Africa northern oars Odysseus once Ottoman period Persian Phoenicians port ranean Rhodes rich Roman Empire Rome routes sail sailors Saint John Sardinia ships Sicilian Sicily siege southern Spain Spartans strait Syracuse territory throughout trade trireme troops Turkish Turks Vandals Venetians Venice vessels victory West western whole wind