Mediterranean: Portrait of a SeaFor thousands of years people have sailed, traded, and fought across the waters of the Mediterranean. On its shores and islands they have built cities, colonised, dreamed, conquered and fallen. This sea, which brings together three continents, was the cradle of western civilisation. |
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Page 358
... Rhodes occasioned . For nearly two centuries they had been hospitallers in the Holy Land and militant guardians of the pilgrim routes and of the Latin kingdom established there . In Rhodes their role was to undergo an immense change ...
... Rhodes occasioned . For nearly two centuries they had been hospitallers in the Holy Land and militant guardians of the pilgrim routes and of the Latin kingdom established there . In Rhodes their role was to undergo an immense change ...
Page 359
... Rhodes has a breadth of twenty miles at its widest point and is about forty - five miles long . It was big enough , therefore , to furnish the Knights of Saint John with most of their requirements ( although , despite papal injunctions ...
... Rhodes has a breadth of twenty miles at its widest point and is about forty - five miles long . It was big enough , therefore , to furnish the Knights of Saint John with most of their requirements ( although , despite papal injunctions ...
Page 415
... Rhodes . They were not particularly happy with Charles ' gift , accepting it only because it was clear that they had no other option . For one thing , there were practically no defences in existence in Malta , which meant they had to ...
... Rhodes . They were not particularly happy with Charles ' gift , accepting it only because it was clear that they had no other option . For one thing , there were practically no defences in existence in Malta , which meant they had to ...
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