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How important has the sea been in the development of human history? Very important indeed is the conclusion of this ground-breaking four volume work. The books bring together the world's leading maritime historians, who address the question of what difference the sea has made in relation to around 250 situations ranging from the earliest times to the present. They consider, across the entire world, subjects related to human migration, trade, economic development, warfare, the building of political units including states and empires, the dissemination of ideas, culture and religion, and much more, showing how the sea was crucial to all these aspects of human development.〈BR〉 〈I〉The Sea in History - The Ancient World〈/I〉 ranges very widely in its coverage, beginning with pre-historicalmaritime activity and going on to cover not only the classical Greek and Roman Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds but also Africa, Asia and the Americas. Fascinating subjects covered include the migration of the Taíno people in the pre-historic Caribbean, the Athenian maritime empire at its height, the port of Alexandria in classical times, and ships, sailors and kingdoms in ancient SoutheastAsia.〈BR〉〈BR〉 25 of the contributions are in English; 18 are in French.〈BR〉〈BR〉 PHILIP DE SOUZA is Associate Professor of Classics at University College Dublin.〈BR〉〈BR〉 PASCAL ARNAUD is Professor of the History of the Roman World at the University of Lyon II, Senior Fellow at Institut Universitaire de France and co-director of the ERC-funded Grant Portus-Limen. CHRISTIAN BUCHET is Professor of Maritime History, Catholic University of Paris, Scientific Director of Océanides and a member of l'Académie de marine.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Apr 2017).
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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List of illustrations --
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List of contributors --
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Introduction générale --
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Remerciements --
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General Introduction --
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Acknowledgements --
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Introduction (français) --
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Introduction (English) --
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La mer est le propre d’Homo sapiens --
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Prehistorical case studies --
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Maritime aspects of early Andean civilizations --
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Une approche maritime et archipélique de l’occupation amérindienne des Antilles --
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The Taíno of the Caribbean: six thousand years of seafaring and cultural development --
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The importance of the sea for prehistoric societies in Western Europe --
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Pêche et interactions entre la Moyenne Vallée du fleuve Sénégal et le littoral atlantique Sénégalo-Mauritanien durant le dernier millénaire BC --
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The sea and early societies in the Japanese Islands --
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Développement maritime de la civilisation océanienne --
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Historical case studies The Ancient Near East and Pharaonic Egypt --
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Watercraft at the beginning of history: the case of third-millennium Southern Mesopotamia --
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La navigation fluviale sur l’Euphrate au second millénaire av. J.-C. : usages, enjeux et communautés de pratiques --
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The development of maritime exchange in the Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean --
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Development of maritime trade in the Egyptian world during the Late Age --
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Les Peuples de la Mer --
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Un événement nautique de la XXVIE dynastie : le voyage de la future divine adoratrice Nitocris de Saïs à Thèbes sous le règne de Psammétique IER en 655 av. J.-C. --
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Historical case studies The Mediterranean world --
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Mediterranean ship technology in Antiquity --
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Greek colonization, connectivity, and the Middle Sea --
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Les infrastructures portuaires antiques --
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Alexandria and the sea in Hellenistic and Roman times --
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The development of Roman maritime trade after the Second Punic War --
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La mer et l’approvisionnement de la ville de Rome --
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The Roman Empire and the seas --
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Les techniques de pêche dans l’Antiquité --
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The consumption of salted fish in the Roman Empire --
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Taxing the sea --
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Les détroits méditerranéens dans la construction de l’image de la mer Intérieure dans l’Antiquité --
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Ancient sea routes in the Black Sea --
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Maritime risk and ritual responses: sailing with the gods in the Ancient Mediterranean --
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La mer, vecteur d’expansion du christianisme au IER siècle --
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Maritime military practices in the pre-Phoenician Levant --
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La naissance des flottes en Egée --
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The Athenian maritime empire of the fifth century BC --
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Financial, human, material and economic resources required to build and operate navies in the classical Greek world --
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Les expéditions athéniennes en Sicile, ou la difficulté pour une marine de garder sa supériorité --
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Pourquoi Alexandre le Grand a-t-il choisi de licencier sa flotte à Milet? --
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Hellenistic and Roman republican naval warfare technology --
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La marine de guerre romaine de 284 à 363 --
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Rome and the Vandals --
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Historical case studies The Indian Ocean and the Far East --
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L’océan Indien dans l’Antiquité : science, commerce et géopolitique --
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Ancient seafaring in Eastern African Indian Ocean waters --
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Early China and the Indian Ocean networks --
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The mobility of people and ideas on the seas of Ancient India --
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Ships, sailors and kingdoms of Ancient Southeast Asia --
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La violence maritime comme reflet du contexte géopolitique : une piraterie sui generis dans l’Asie du Sud-est des premières cités-entrepôts indianisées --
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Conclusion (français) --
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Conclusion (English) --
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Conclusion générale --
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General conclusion
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In English and French.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-78327-157-4
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-78204-908-8
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
DOI:
10.1515/9781782049081
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781782049081/type/BOOK
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