The Great Sea

Resumen del libro

The first complete history of probably the most vigorous place of interaction between different societies on the face of the planet.' From the stone-age to the present day the Mediterranean has been criss-crossed by traders, invaders, pilgrims, slaves and migrants. This book chronicles these human journeys and the ideas and culture that they helped to spread. It covers the major empires and world religions that grew up on its shores but concentrates on the sea itself and its influence on the politics, cultures and economies of the region through the millennia. The sea is revealed a as source of food, means of communication and scene of mass immigration and emigration in this dynamic story of human

Biografía del autor

Influyente historiador británico especializado en Italia, España y el resto de reinos del Mediterráneo durante la Edad Media y el Renacimiento. Descendiente de judíos sefardíes, es profesor de Historia del Mediterráneo en la Universidad de Cambridge, miembro de la British Academy y de la Academia Europaea. De entre su vasta bibliografía cabe destacar "El gran mar. Una historia humana del Mediterráneo" (2013) que se convirtió en un verdadero éxito de ventas.