Mediterranean: Portrait of a SeaOverview of the historical events that took place in the Mediterranean Sea. |
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... early levels in south - eastern Turkey , Greece , Italy , and Sicily . But similar pottery has also been found in Malta , proving that , even in the fourth millennium B.C. , man had crossed the sixty miles of sea separating the Maltese ...
... early levels in south - eastern Turkey , Greece , Italy , and Sicily . But similar pottery has also been found in Malta , proving that , even in the fourth millennium B.C. , man had crossed the sixty miles of sea separating the Maltese ...
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... early Egyptian shipbuilders . They took a long , heavy cable of rope and bowsed it round stem and stern , usually ... early sea - going vessels the steering was done from a raised platform aft , by means of a paddle ( or paddles ) hung ...
... early Egyptian shipbuilders . They took a long , heavy cable of rope and bowsed it round stem and stern , usually ... early sea - going vessels the steering was done from a raised platform aft , by means of a paddle ( or paddles ) hung ...
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... early , pre - classical Greek culture , were great traders and mariners . But although the secret of the Linear B script has been unlocked by the late Michael Ventris , we still know little or nothing about the Minoan ships . The ...
... early , pre - classical Greek culture , were great traders and mariners . But although the secret of the Linear B script has been unlocked by the late Michael Ventris , we still know little or nothing about the Minoan ships . 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