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The Ionian Islands : aspects of their history and culture /

The Ionian Islands stretch south from the Adriatic, where Corfu's Pantokrator mountain overlooks Albania across narrow straits, along the western coast of mainland Greece through Paxi, Kephalonia, Ithaca, Lefkada and Zakynthos, to Kythira, midway between Athens and Crete. Three crucial sea-batt...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hirst, Anthony (Editor ), Sammon, Patrick (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The Ionian Islands stretch south from the Adriatic, where Corfu's Pantokrator mountain overlooks Albania across narrow straits, along the western coast of mainland Greece through Paxi, Kephalonia, Ithaca, Lefkada and Zakynthos, to Kythira, midway between Athens and Crete. Three crucial sea-battles were fought here-Sybota (the first recorded), Actium and Lepanto-an indication of the Ionians' role as an East-West crossroads, between Western Christendom and the Orthodox and Islamic East. Ruled ...
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:9781443862783
1443862789
1322144591
9781322144597