The Mediterranean - the COMPLETE story.

The Great Sea is a phenomenal summary of the history of the sea surrounded by Europe, Africa, and Asia as well as the peoples who inhabited its shores over the centuries, Egyptians, Assyrians, Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Celts, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, South Slavs, Arabs, Ottomans and even intermediaries from beyond, like Crusaders, various renaissance european powers and even Russians. It also dives into the economic and geopolitical relations and how they transformed over the ages, from the trading colonies of the phoenicians and greeks over the transmediterranean trade zone of the united roman empire of antiquity and the relations between muslims and christians during the middle ages (from arab pirates plundering italian shores to the theft of holy relics from alexandria by venecian merchants), all the way to the modern age and the long decline of its geostrategic importance during the european age of discovery and the battles of the second word war.
This book is an excellent read/listenif you want to get an overview over the history of the mediterranean and understand the broader historical context of certain events before diving into the details. I highly recommend it.

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