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A history of the Island of Chios, A.D. 70-1822

A history of the Island of Chios, A.D. 70-1822

M. Vlastos, Alexandros

Paperback

General ReferenceGeneral World HistorySouth

ISBN10: 9353700337
ISBN13: 9789353700331
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 1 2019
Pages: 190
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Chios is more than a dot in the Aegean: it is a crossroads of empires, trade winds, and hard-won identity. History lives in every harbour. In A history of the Island of Chios, A.D. 70-1822, Alexandros M. Vlastos offers a complete regional history that reads with the clarity of a regional history book and the rigour of an academic history reference. Written with a measured, documentary eye, it keeps people in view - magistrates and merchants, sailors and villagers - without losing the larger frame of imperial policy. You can dip in for a date, a place-name, or a lineage, or follow the story straight through. Moving across the long arc from A.D. 70 to 1822, he maps Aegean island governance, faith and civic life, and the texture of Greek island society, showing how households, ports, and power were shaped by wider Mediterranean currents. The result is also a historical geography study: Chios island Greece emerges as terrain and seascape, a place defined by routes of Mediterranean maritime commerce as much as by its fields and towns. Essential for readers of Byzantine Empire history and for anyone tracing the lead-up to the Greek War of Independence, it doubles as a genealogy local history guide for families, scholars, and the simply curious. A lasting standard for island studies. Republished by Alpha Editions in a modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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