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X-WR-CALDESC:Join us as we read The Great Sea: A Human History of the Medit
 erranean by David Abulafia. Copies are available at the library.\n\nConnec
 ting Europe\, Asia\, and Africa\, the Mediterranean Sea has been for mille
 nnia the place where religions\, economies\, and political systems met\, c
 lashed\, influenced and absorbed one another. In this brilliant and expans
 ive book\, David Abulafia offers a fresh perspective by focusing on the\ns
 ea itself: its practical importance for transport and sustenance\; its dyn
 amic role in the rise and fall of empires\; and the remarkable cast of cha
 racters-sailors\, merchants\, migrants\, pirates\, pilgrims-who have cross
 ed and re-crossed it.\n\nRanging from prehistory to the 21st century\, The
  Great Sea is above all a history of human interaction. Interweaving major
  political and naval developments with the ebb and flow of trade\, Abulafi
 a explores how commercial competition in the Mediterranean created both ri
 valries and partnerships\, with\nmerchants acting as intermediaries betwee
 n cultures\, trading goods that were as exotic on one side of the sea as t
 hey were commonplace on the other. He stresses the remarkable ability of M
 editerranean cultures to uphold the civilizing ideal of convivencia\, 'liv
 ing together.'\n\nNow available in paperback\, The Great Sea is the defini
 tive account of perhaps the most vibrant theater of human interaction in h
 istory.
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DESCRIPTION:Join us as we read The Great Sea: A Human History of the Medite
 rranean by David Abulafia. Copies are available at the library.\n\nConnect
 ing Europe\, Asia\, and Africa\, the Mediterranean Sea has been for millen
 nia the place where religions\, economies\, and political systems met\, cl
 ashed\, influenced and absorbed one another. In this brilliant and expansi
 ve book\, David Abulafia offers a fresh perspective by focusing on the\nse
 a itself: its practical importance for transport and sustenance\; its dyna
 mic role in the rise and fall of empires\; and the remarkable cast of char
 acters-sailors\, merchants\, migrants\, pirates\, pilgrims-who have crosse
 d and re-crossed it.\n\nRanging from prehistory to the 21st century\, The 
 Great Sea is above all a history of human interaction. Interweaving major 
 political and naval developments with the ebb and flow of trade\, Abulafia
  explores how commercial competition in the Mediterranean created both riv
 alries and partnerships\, with\nmerchants acting as intermediaries between
  cultures\, trading goods that were as exotic on one side of the sea as th
 ey were commonplace on the other. He stresses the remarkable ability of Me
 diterranean cultures to uphold the civilizing ideal of convivencia\, 'livi
 ng together.'\n\nNow available in paperback\, The Great Sea is the definit
 ive account of perhaps the most vibrant theater of human interaction in hi
 story.
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SUMMARY:Read Around the World Book Club: The Great Sea: A Human History of 
 the Mediterranean by David Abulafia
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