Mediterranean: Portrait of a SeaOverview of the historical events that took place in the Mediterranean Sea. |
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... navigation is also indicated in the passage where King Alcinous boasts : " Our ships know by instinct what their crews are thinking .... They know every city , every fertile land . " The specific references to the Phoenicians in Homer ...
... navigation is also indicated in the passage where King Alcinous boasts : " Our ships know by instinct what their crews are thinking .... They know every city , every fertile land . " The specific references to the Phoenicians in Homer ...
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... navigation . The shipmaster is explain- ing to a passenger what stars he uses to steer by : " We do not follow any of the errant stars that move in the sky , for they are deceivers of poor sailors . We follow only the never - setting ...
... navigation . The shipmaster is explain- ing to a passenger what stars he uses to steer by : " We do not follow any of the errant stars that move in the sky , for they are deceivers of poor sailors . We follow only the never - setting ...
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... navigation seem to have stemmed from the eastern end of the basin . Another advance in taming the sea was the kamal . Where- as the mariner's compass soon became an essential part of equipment aboard vessels in the Mediterranean trade ...
... navigation seem to have stemmed from the eastern end of the basin . Another advance in taming the sea was the kamal . Where- as the mariner's compass soon became an essential part of equipment aboard vessels in the Mediterranean trade ...
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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