The Making of the Middle Sea
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The Making of the Middle Sea
| Full title | The Making of the Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean from the Beginning to the Emergence of the Classical World |
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| Author | Cyprian Broodbank |
| Published | 2013 |
| Pages | 678 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Broodbank takes the Mediterranean as a single unit from the first hominins to the classical world — an archaeological history of how a sea became a connected economy. |
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @typesfast — an answer to his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” in his thread, June 2025. The full list of answers is on What’s the best history book… (tweet).
Connections
- History — The form: a body of water as the unit of analysis.
- Globalization — The first version of it, in one sea.
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.
What links here
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