Mediterranean: Portrait of a SeaOverview of the historical events that took place in the Mediterranean Sea. |
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... rule . Phoenician , Greek , and now Roman , the little archipelago reflected the fate of many large cities and states . But the long centuries of Phoenician and Carthaginian influence had left their mark , and the language of the people ...
... rule . Phoenician , Greek , and now Roman , the little archipelago reflected the fate of many large cities and states . But the long centuries of Phoenician and Carthaginian influence had left their mark , and the language of the people ...
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... rule of one monarch . In- deed , the very ease of his first successes against the barbarians must have encouraged Justinian in this belief , for , if the territories were so easy to recover , they should be equally easy to maintain ...
... rule of one monarch . In- deed , the very ease of his first successes against the barbarians must have encouraged Justinian in this belief , for , if the territories were so easy to recover , they should be equally easy to maintain ...
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... rule of peculant Spanish governors and administrators , the Sicilians learned to administer their own " private ... rule of the Ottomans brought nothing but desolation and despair . In Malta , however , the rule of the Order of Saint ...
... rule of peculant Spanish governors and administrators , the Sicilians learned to administer their own " private ... rule of the Ottomans brought nothing but desolation and despair . In Malta , however , the rule of the Order of Saint ...
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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