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020			_a9780199283941
020			_z019928394x _c(uk-trade paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)928762597
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049			_aBAUN_MERKEZ
050	0	4	_aDJK66 _b.K56 2006
100	1		_aKing, Charles, _d1967-
245	1	4	_aThe Black Sea: _bA History / _cCharles King.
264		1	_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, Incorporated _c[Sept. 2005]
300			_axx, 276 pages, [8] pages of plates : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
505	0	0	_tTable Of Contents: _tAcknowledgments _tOn Names _tList of Plates _tList of Maps _tAn Archaeology of Place _tPeople and Water _tRegion, Frontier, Nation _tBeginnings _tGeography and Ecology _tPontus Euxinus, 700BC--AD500 _tThe Edge of the World _t``Frogs Around a Pond'' _t``A Community of Race'' _tHow a Scythian Saved Civilization _tThe Voyage of Argo _t``More Barbarous Than Ourselves'' _tPontus and Rome _tDacia Traiana _tThe Expedition of Flavius Arrianus _tThe Prophet of Abonoteichus _tMare Maggiore 500--1500 _t``The Scythian Nations are One'' _tSea-Fire _tKhazars, Rhos, Bulgars, and Turks _tBusiness in Gazaria _tPax Mongolica _tThe Ship from Caffa _tEmpire of the Comneni _tTurchia _tAn Ambassador from the East _tKara Deniz, 1500-1700 _t``The Source of All the Seas'' _t``To Constantinople---to be Sold!'' _tDomn, Khan, and Derebey _tSailors' Graffiti _tA Navy of Seagulls _tChernoe More, 1700--1860 _tSea and Steppe _tA Flotilla on Azov _tCleopatra Processes South _tThe Flight of the Kalmoucks _tA Season in Kherson _tRear Admiral Dzhons _tNew Russia _tFever, Ague, and Lazaretto _tA Consul in Trabzon _tCrimea _tBlack Sea, 1860--1990 _tEmpires, States, and Treaties _tSteam, Wheat, Rail, and Oil _t``An Ignoble Army of Scribbling Visitors'' _tTrouble on the Kostence Line _tThe Unpeopling _t``The Division of the Waters'' _tKnowing the Sea _tThe Prometheans _tDevelopment and Decline _tFacing the Water _tSources for Introductory Quotations _tBibliography and Further Reading _tIndex _t
520			_aThe lands surrounding the Black Sea share a colorful past. Though in recent decades they have experienced ethnic conflict, economic collapse, and interstate rivalry, their common heritage and common interests run deep. Now, as a region at the meeting point of the Balkans, Central Asia, and the Middle East, the Black Sea is more important than ever. In this lively and entertaining book, which is based on extensive research in multiple languages, Charles King investigates the myriad connections that have made the Black Sea more of a bridge than a boundary, linking religious communities, linguistic groups, empires, and later, nations and states
651		0	_aBlack Sea Coast _xHistory.
651		0	_aBlack Sea Coast _xPolitics and government.
651		0	_aBlack Sea Coast _xCivilization.
710	2		_9111967 _aOxford University Press.
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