The waning of the Mediterranean, 1550-1870: a geohistorical approach

Introduction: Unrelieved weight of wealth in the Inner Sea

PART I: CITIES OF SAINTS AND RICH IN TRADE: Empires and empire-building city-states

City-states and the Inner Sea

Eclipse of the city-states and the resurfacing of the Mediterranean

PART II: OF MALARIAL PLAINS AND ARBOREAL HILLS: Reversal in the fortunes of the plains

New world of the hills

Conclusion: The Mediterranean between the Lock-Green Sea and the Green Sea

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