" A] fine, arresting book with a clear and novel thesis and a
firm grasp of geography. Good stuff, in short... strongly
recommended." William H. McNeill
"The reader will find here useful information and much food for
thought; a book of such a broad scope is rare and has much to
recommend it." Speculum
..". encyclopedic... there is no book quite like this one."
Choice
..". a colorful canvas depicting the torrential movements of
Eurasian warriors and merchants on ship-boards and horseback
between Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific coasts, between streams
of accumulated goods and tensions, religious fervor and insatiable
greed... " Ural-Altaic Yearbook
"A healthy antidote to the parochialism that characterizes so
much of the run-of-the-mill output of medieval history... "
American Historical Review
Emphasizing geographical, maritime, institutional, and economic
factors, Lewis presents a wide-ranging story of the complex rise
and fall of civilizations and explores new conceptual frontiers in
the study of world history."
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