Tabak, Faruk. <br/><br/>
The Waning of the Mediterranean, 1550-1870 :  A Geohistorical Approach. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (443 pages) 
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Unrelieved Weight of Wealth in the Inner Sea -- PART I: OF CITIES OF SAINTS AND RICH TRADES -- 1 Empires and Empire-Building City-States -- 2 City-States and the Inner Sea -- 3 Eclipse of the City-States and the Resurfacing of the Mediterranean -- PART II: OF MALARIAL PLAINS AND ARBOREAL HILLS -- 4 Reversal in the Fortunes of the Plains -- 5 New World of the Hills -- Conclusion: The Mediterranean between the Leek-Green Sea and the Green Sea -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z. 
<br/><br/> Integrating the story of the western and eastern Mediterranean--from Genoa and the Habsburg empire to Venice and the Ottoman and Byzantine empires--Tabak unveils the complex process of devolution and regeneration that brought about the eclipse of the Mediterranean. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781421402604 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Human geography-Mediterranean Region-History.<br/>Human ecology-Mediterranean Region-History.<br/>Mediterranean Region-History.<br/>Mediterranean Region-Environmental conditions.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GF541 .T23 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>909/.0982205