The Islands of the Eastern Mediterranean

ISBN: 9781780766294 出版年：2014 页码：219 Caykent, Ozlem Bloomsbury Publishing

The Mediterranean, or 'Middle Sea', has long been regarded as the symbolic centre of European civilization. The binding water between Turkey, the Middle East, the trading communities of North Africa, and the European powerhouses Italy, France and Greece, a history a new and vital way of understanding the history of the societies which have flourished in the region. The Islands of the Eastern Mediterranean charts the story of the water as both connector and border, and analyses the islands role in world history. Covering Mehmed II's efforts to conquer the old Roman Empire, through to the claims of Rhodes and tAegean Islands in Ottoman international relations, to the British in Cyprus and the present-day tensioninterconnected essays from leading scholars form a tapestry of knowledge. Together, they represent a new frontier in the way in which histories. Thessential reading for scholars of History, International Relations, Trade and Migration.