The Sea and Civilization av Lincoln Paine

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<p>A monumental, wholly accessible work of scholarship that retells human history through the story of mankind''s relationship with the sea.<br><br>An accomplishment of both great sweep and illuminating detail, <i>The Sea and Civilization</i> is a stunning work of history that reveals in breathtaking depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean and river, and how goods, languages, religions, and entire cultures spread across and along the world''s waterways.<br><br>Lincoln Paine takes us back to the origins of long-distance migration by sea with our ancestors'' first forays from Africa and Eurasia to Australia and the Americas. He demonstrates the critical role of maritime trade to the civilizations of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, and the Indus Valley. He reacquaints us with the great seafaring cultures of antiquity like those of the Phoenicians and Greeks, as well as those of India, Southeast and East Asia who parlayed their navigational skills, shipbuilding te