The focus of Fernand Braudel's great work is the Mediterranean world in the second half of the sixteenth century, but Braudel ranges back in history to the world of Odysseus and forward to our time, moving out from the Mediterranean area to the New World and other destinations of Mediterranean traders. Braudel's scope embraces the natural world and material life, economics, dem...(展开全部)

卡洛·M.奇波拉（Carlo M. Cipolla，1922-2000）,意大利著名经济史学家，加州大学伯克利分校经济史学教授，美国艺术与科学院、美国哲学学会、意大利猞猁之眼国家科学院、英国皇家历史学会、欧洲科学院成员。主编《欧洲经济史》，著有《工业革命前的欧洲社会与经济》《人类愚蠢基本定律》《地中海世界的货币、价格与文明》等。 译者： 宁凡，天津师范大学历史学博士，中国社会科学院世界历史研究所助理研究员，《世界历史》编辑，译有《三十年战争史》。

“How could I allow my soldiers to sail on this disloyal and cruel sea?” These words, attributed to the most powerful caliph of medieval Islam, Umar Ibn al-Khattab (634–644), have led to a misunderstanding in the West about the importance of the Mediterranean to early Islam. This body of water, known in Late Antiquity as the Sea of the Romans, was critical to establishing the ki...(展开全部)

“How could I allow my soldiers to sail on this disloyal and cruel sea?” These words, attributed to the most powerful caliph of medieval Islam, Umar Ibn al-Khattab (634–644), have led to a misunderstanding in the West about the importance of the Mediterranean to early Islam. This body of water, known in Late Antiquity as the Sea of the Romans, was critical to establishing the ki...(展开全部)

By developing the broadest and most inclusive definition of the term "map" ever adopted in the history of cartography, this inaugural volume of the "History of Cartography" series has helped redefine the way maps are studied and understood by scholars in a number of disciplines. Volume One addresses the prehistorical and historical mapping traditions of premodern Europe and th...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 厄恩利·布拉德福德（Ernle Bradford，1922—1986）是著名的英国历史学家，专精地中海和海军方面主题。布拉德福德曾是一名水手，扬帆泛舟于地中海上近30年。第二次世界大战期间在皇家海军服役，后以驱逐舰副舰长的身份退役。他在马耳他寓居多年，供职于BBC，还是一名杂志编辑。著有《大围攻：马耳他1565》（The Great Siege: Malta 1565）、《克里斯托弗·哥伦布》（Christopher Columbus）、《汉尼拔》（Hannibal）、《尤利乌斯·凯撒：权力的追逐》（Julius Caesar: The Pursuit of Power）等书。 【译者简介】 杨春景，清华大学法学博士，主要关注领域为国际法、国际关系史和国际贸易，译有《建筑涌现：自然和文明形态之进化》、《次终极追问：科学与宗教的纠葛》等著...(展开全部)

The Mediterranean has nurtured three of the most dazzling civilisations of antiquity, witnessed the birth or growth of three of our greatest religions and links three of the world’s six continents. To the peoples living around its periphery, it has served at various times as a cradle and a grave, a bond and a barrier, a blessing and a battlefield. It has inspired writers from H...(展开全部)

This lively and dramatic book brings roaring to life the grand sweep of 5,000 years of history in the cradle of civilization.A wonderfullyillustrated account of the civilizations that rose and fell on the lands bordering the Mediterranean, The Middle Sea represents the culmination of a great historian’s unparalleled art and scholarship. John Julius Norwich provides brilliant ...(展开全部)

This lively and dramatic book brings roaring to life the grand sweep of 5,000 years of history in the cradle of civilization.A wonderfullyillustrated account of the civilizations that rose and fell on the lands bordering the Mediterranean, The Middle Sea represents the culmination of a great historian’s unparalleled art and scholarship. John Julius Norwich provides brilliant ...(展开全部)

The Mediterranean has nurtured three of the most dazzling civilisations of antiquity, witnessed the birth or growth of three of our greatest religions and links three of the world’s six continents. To the peoples living around its periphery, it has served at various times as a cradle and a grave, a bond and a barrier, a blessing and a battlefield. It has inspired writers from H...(展开全部)