Pt. 1. The first Mediterranean, 22000 BC-1000 BC. Isolation and insulation, 22000 BC-3000 BC
Copper and bronze, 3000 BC-1500 BC
Merchants and heroes, 1500 BC-1250 BC
Sea peoples and land peoples, 1250 BC-1100 BC
Pt. 2. The second Mediterranean, 1000 BC-AD 600. The purple traders, 1000 BC-700 BC
The heirs of Odysseus, 800 BC-550 BC
The triumph of the Tyrrhenians, 800 BC-400 BC
Towards the garden of the Hesperides, 1000 BC-400 BC
Thalassocracies, 550 BC-400 BC
The lighthouse of the Mediterranean, 350 BC-100 BC
'Carthage must be destroyed,' 400 BC-146 BC
'Our sea,' 146 BC-AD 150
Old and new faiths, AD 1-450
Dis-integration, 400-600
Pt. 3. The third Mediterranean, 600-1350. Mediterranean troughs, 600-900
Crossing the boundaries between Christendom and Islam, 900-1050
The great sea-change, 1000-1100
'The profit that God shall give,' 1100-1200
Ways across the sea, 1160-1185
The fall and rise of empires, 1130-1260
Merchants, mercenaries and missionaries, 1220-1300
Serrata
closing, 1291-1350
Pt. 4. The fourth Mediterranean, 1350-1830. Would-be Roman emperors, 1350-1480
Transformations in the West, 1391-1500
Holy leagues and unholy alliances, 1500-1550
Akdeniz
the battle for the White Sea, 1550-1571
Interlopers in the Mediterranean, 1571-1650
Diasporas in despair, 1560-1700
Encouragement to others, 1650-1780
The view through the Russian prism, 1760-1805
Deys, beys, and bashaws, 1800-1830
Pt. 5. The fifth Mediterranean, 1830-2010. Ever the twain shall meet, 1830-1900
The Greek and the unGreek, 1830-1920
Ottoman exit, 1900-1918
A tale of four and a half cities, 1900-1950
Mare nostrum
again, 1918-1945
A fragmented Mediterranean, 1945-1990
The last Mediterranean, 1950-2010
Conclusion : Crossing the sea.