How Long to Read The Waning of the Mediterranean, 1550-1870

How Long Does it Take to Read The Waning of the Mediterranean, 1550-1870?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 28 minutes to read The Waning of the Mediterranean, 1550-1870 by Faruk Tabak

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Conventional scholarship on the Mediterranean portrays the Inner Sea as a timeless entity with unchanging ecological and agrarian features. But, Faruk Tabak argues, some of the "traditional" and "olden" characteristics that we attribute to it today are actually products of relatively recent developments. Locating the shifting fortunes of Mediterranean city-states and empires in patterns of long-term economic and ecological change, this study shows how the quintessential properties of the basin -- the trinity of cereals, tree crops, and small livestock -- were reestablished as the Mediterranean's importance in global commerce, agriculture, and politics waned. Tabak narrates this history not from the vantage point of colossal empires, but from that of the mercantile republics that played a pivotal role as empire-building city-states. His unique juxtaposition of analyses of world economic developments that flowed from the decline of these city-states and the ecological change associated with the Little Ice Age depicts large-scale, long-term social change. Integrating the story of the western and eastern Mediterranean -- from Genoa and the Habsburg empire to Venice and the Ottoman and Byzantine empires -- Tabak unveils the complex process of devolution and regeneration that brought about the eclipse of the Mediterranean.

How long is The Waning of the Mediterranean, 1550-1870?

The Waning of the Mediterranean, 1550-1870 by Faruk Tabak is 443 pages long, and a total of 112,079 words.

This makes it 150% the length of the average book. It also has 137% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Waning of the Mediterranean, 1550-1870 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 12 minutes to read The Waning of the Mediterranean, 1550-1870 aloud.

What Reading Level is The Waning of the Mediterranean, 1550-1870?

The Waning of the Mediterranean, 1550-1870 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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