Mediterranean: Portrait of a SeaOverview of the historical events that took place in the Mediterranean Sea. |
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Page 80
... trading supremacy in the eastern Mediterranean , the Phoenicians more and more began to develop their trade and establish their colonies in the western end of the sea , which the Greeks had scarcely begun to penetrate . - It is already ...
... trading supremacy in the eastern Mediterranean , the Phoenicians more and more began to develop their trade and establish their colonies in the western end of the sea , which the Greeks had scarcely begun to penetrate . - It is already ...
Page 101
... trade , and that all - important metal , tin . John Boardman points out in his history of Greek colonization , The Greeks Overseas : " An alternative route from the tin islands of Britain to that which led to the south of Spain lay ...
... trade , and that all - important metal , tin . John Boardman points out in his history of Greek colonization , The Greeks Overseas : " An alternative route from the tin islands of Britain to that which led to the south of Spain lay ...
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... trade route between Constantinople and Europe . Now , established in Alexandria and Syria , she controlled most of the trade between the Near East and Europe . The " City of the Lagoons " , whose sposalizio del mar ( wedding of the sea ) ...
... trade route between Constantinople and Europe . Now , established in Alexandria and Syria , she controlled most of the trade between the Near East and Europe . The " City of the Lagoons " , whose sposalizio del mar ( wedding of the sea ) ...
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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