Mediterranean: Portrait of a SeaOverview of the historical events that took place in the Mediterranean Sea. |
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... Moslem city . With the fall of Syracuse in 878 , the island , for the first time in its long and troubled history , came totally under the sway of a Semitic power . Where the Carthaginians had failed , a com- bination of Moslems from ...
... Moslem city . With the fall of Syracuse in 878 , the island , for the first time in its long and troubled history , came totally under the sway of a Semitic power . Where the Carthaginians had failed , a com- bination of Moslems from ...
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... Moslem power was now threatened with the severance of its eastern from its western territories . Although it was to be several centuries before Spain would become European rather than Moslem , yet the Norman ascendancy in Italy and ...
... Moslem power was now threatened with the severance of its eastern from its western territories . Although it was to be several centuries before Spain would become European rather than Moslem , yet the Norman ascendancy in Italy and ...
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... Moslem state in the Spanish peninsula - the sovereigns of Spain had achieved a victory that was widely hailed as a triumph for Christian arms . It had , however , repercussions which disturbed the waters of the western Mediterranean for ...
... Moslem state in the Spanish peninsula - the sovereigns of Spain had achieved a victory that was widely hailed as a triumph for Christian arms . It had , however , repercussions which disturbed the waters of the western Mediterranean for ...
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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