TY  - BOOK
AU  - Paine,Lincoln P.
TI  - The sea and civilization: a maritime history of the world 
SN  - 140004409X (hardback)
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Knopf
KW  - Naval art and science
KW  - History
KW  - Naval history
KW  - Navigation
KW  - Ocean and civilization
KW  - Sea-power
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [661]-706) and index
N2  - "A maritime history of the world"--; A retelling of world history through the lens of maritime enterprise, revealing in depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean and river, lake and stream, and how goods, languages, religions, and entire cultures spread across and along the world's waterways, bringing together civilizations and defining what makes us most human. Above all, Paine makes clear how the rise and fall of civilizations can be linked to the sea
ER  -