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020 a| 140004409X (hardback);

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100 1 a| Paine, Lincoln P.=| ^A395269;

245 14 a| The sea and civilization :b| a maritime history of the world /c| Lincoln Paine.;

250 a| First Edition.;

264 1 a| New York :b| Knopf,c| 2013.;

300 a| xxxv, 744 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates :b| illustrations (some color), maps ;c| 25 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages [661]-706) and index.;

505 0 a| Taking to the water -- The river and seas of ancient Egypt -- Bronze Age seafaring -- Phoenicians, Greeks, and the Mediterranean -- Carthage, Rome, and the Mediterranean -- Chasing the monsoons -- Continent and archipelagoes in the East -- The Christian and Muslim Mediterranean -- Northern Europe through the Viking Age -- The Silk Road of the seas -- China looks seaward -- The medieval Mediterranean and Europe -- The golden age of maritime Asia -- The world encompassed -- The birth of global trade -- State and sea in the age of European expansion -- Northern Europe ascendant -- "Annihilation of space and time" -- Naval power in steam and steel -- The maritime world since the 1950s.;

520 a| "A maritime history of the world"--c| Provided by publisher.;

520 a| A retelling of world history through the lens of maritime enterprise, revealing in depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean and river, lake and stream, and how goods, languages, religions, and entire cultures spread across and along the world's waterways, bringing together civilizations and defining what makes us most human. Above all, Paine makes clear how the rise and fall of civilizations can be linked to the sea.;

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650 0 a| Naval history.=| ^A40388;

650 0 a| Naval art and sciencex| History.=| ^A25199;

650 0 a| Navigationx| History.=| ^A65319;

650 0 a| Sea-powerx| History.=| ^A1018722;

650 7 a| HISTORY / Military / Naval.2| bisacsh;

650 7 a| HISTORY / Oceania.2| bisacsh;

650 7 a| TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / History.2| bisacsh;

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The sea and civilization : a maritime history of the world / Lincoln Paine.

Author/creator	Paine, Lincoln P.
Format	Book
Edition	First Edition.
Publication	New York : Knopf, 2013.
Description	xxxv, 744 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Subjects	Ocean and civilization. Naval history. Naval art and science--History. Navigation--History. Sea-power--History.

Contents	Taking to the water -- The river and seas of ancient Egypt -- Bronze Age seafaring -- Phoenicians, Greeks, and the Mediterranean -- Carthage, Rome, and the Mediterranean -- Chasing the monsoons -- Continent and archipelagoes in the East -- The Christian and Muslim Mediterranean -- Northern Europe through the Viking Age -- The Silk Road of the seas -- China looks seaward -- The medieval Mediterranean and Europe -- The golden age of maritime Asia -- The world encompassed -- The birth of global trade -- State and sea in the age of European expansion -- Northern Europe ascendant -- "Annihilation of space and time" -- Naval power in steam and steel -- The maritime world since the 1950s.
Abstract	"A maritime history of the world"-- Provided by publisher.
Abstract	A retelling of world history through the lens of maritime enterprise, revealing in depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean and river, lake and stream, and how goods, languages, religions, and entire cultures spread across and along the world's waterways, bringing together civilizations and defining what makes us most human. Above all, Paine makes clear how the rise and fall of civilizations can be linked to the sea.
Local note	Little-360109--305131066027Y
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages [661]-706) and index.
LCCN	2013015436
ISBN	9781400044092 (hardback)
ISBN	140004409X (hardback)

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