Mediterranean: Portrait of a SeaOverview of the historical events that took place in the Mediterranean Sea. |
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Page 217
... whole years the ancient city held out against every device that the Romans could bring against it . Blockaded by sea , cut off from the hinterland by the Roman army , the Carthaginians still refused to yield - while the losses of the ...
... whole years the ancient city held out against every device that the Romans could bring against it . Blockaded by sea , cut off from the hinterland by the Roman army , the Carthaginians still refused to yield - while the losses of the ...
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... whole area to Byzantine rule . Unfortunately , the Moors and Berbers , who had already tested the Vandals to their utmost capacity , were not so easy to control . In the long run the whole of North Africa was once again to fall away ...
... whole area to Byzantine rule . Unfortunately , the Moors and Berbers , who had already tested the Vandals to their utmost capacity , were not so easy to control . In the long run the whole of North Africa was once again to fall away ...
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... whole operation in the hands of their old enemies , the French . Lord Palmerston , who was then Prime Minister , did all he could to prevent De Lesseps from securing any support . He maintained that it was an impossibility , in any case ...
... whole operation in the hands of their old enemies , the French . Lord Palmerston , who was then Prime Minister , did all he could to prevent De Lesseps from securing any support . He maintained that it was an impossibility , in any case ...
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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