Barry Cunliffe: On the Ocean | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780198960416 | On the Ocean | Barry Cunliffe | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2025

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Beschreibung

The story of the contest between humans and the sea, played out in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic from early prehistory until AD 1500.

Über den Autor

Barry Cunliffe taught archaeology in the Universities of Bristol and Southampton and was Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford from 1972 to 2008, thereafter becoming Emeritus Professor. He has excavated widely in Britain (Fishbourne, Bath, Danebury, Hengistbury Head, Brading) and in the Channel Islands, Brittany, and Spain, and has been President of the Council for British Archaeology and of the Society of Antiquaries, a Governor of the Museum of London, and a Trustee of the British Museum. He was a Commissioner of English Heritage from 2005 to 2013. His many publications include The Ancient Celts (1997), Facing the Ocean (2001), The Druids: A Very Short Introduction (2010), Britain Begins (2012), By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean (2015), The Scythians (2019), Bretons and Britons (2021), and Facing the Sea of Sand (2023), all also published by Oxford University Press. He received a knighthood in 2006.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Those in Peril on the Sea

2: The Combat that is called Navigation

3: Taking to the Sea

4: Two Seas, Many Responses, 5300-1200 BC

5: The Eastern Mediterranean Cauldron, 5300-1200 BC

6: Exploring the Ends of the World, 1200-600 BC

7: Of Ships and Sails: a Technical Interlude

8: Exploring the Outer Ocean, 600-100 BC

9: The Atlantic Community, 100 B.C.-A.D. 500

10: An End and a Beginning, A.D. 350-800

11: The Age of the Northmen, A.D. 780-1100

12: The New European Order, A.D. 1100-1400

13: The Ocean Conquered, 1400-1510

14: Reflections on the Ocean

Glossary of Nautical Terms

A Guide to Further Reading

Illustration Sources

Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2025
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780198960416
ISBN-10:	0198960417
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Cunliffe, Barry
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Abbildungen:	220 illustrations, 114 Maps
Maße:	246 x 192 x 35 mm
Von/Mit:	Barry Cunliffe
Erscheinungsdatum:	09.10.2025
Gewicht:	1,397 kg