Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-415) and index.
Contents
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 -- Notes.
