Empires of the sea : : maritime power networks in world history / / edited by Rolf Strootman, Floris van den Eijnde andRoy van Wijk.
Empires of the Sea brings together studies of maritime empires from the Bronze Age to the Eighteenth Century. The volume aims to establish maritime empires as a category for the (comparative) study of premodern empires, and from a partly ‘non-western’ perspective. The book includes contributions on...
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| Superior document: | Cultural interactions in the Mediterranean ; Volume 4 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cultural interactions in the Mediterranean ;
Volume 4. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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| Summary: | Empires of the Sea brings together studies of maritime empires from the Bronze Age to the Eighteenth Century. The volume aims to establish maritime empires as a category for the (comparative) study of premodern empires, and from a partly ‘non-western’ perspective. The book includes contributions on Mycenaean sea power, Classical Athens, the ancient Thebans, Ptolemaic Egypt, The Genoese Empire, power networks of the Vikings, the medieval Danish Empire, the Baltic empire of Ancien Régime Sweden, the early modern Indian Ocean, the Melaka Empire, the (non-European aspects of the) Portuguese Empire and Dutch East India Company, and the Pirates of Caribbean. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9004407677 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Rolf Strootman, Floris van den Eijnde andRoy van Wijk. |