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Eastern Mediterranean port cities : a study of Mersin, Turkey -- from antiquity to modernity
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- Creator
- Filiz Yenişehirlioğlu, Eyüp Özveren, Tülin Selvi Ünlü, editors
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2019]
- ©2019
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
- ISBNs
- 9783319936611, 9783319936628, 3319936611, 331993662X, 9783030067014, 9783319936635
- OCLC
- on1046977479
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Intro; Foreword; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Why Mersin; 1.2 Mersin as a Mediterranean Port City: A View from the Sea; References; 2 The Mediterranean Idea: From the Roman Mare Nostrum to the Book of the Sea by Naḥum Slouschz (1948); 2.1 Conclusion; References; 3 Mediterranean as a Supra-Regional Interaction Sphere During Late Prehistory: An Overview on Problems and Prospects; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Problem of Defining Old Coastlines and Changes in Coastal Topography; 3.3 Evidences of Early Seafaring; 3.4 Colonization of Cyprus and of Crete
- 3.5 The Evidence of Marine Archaeology3.6 Modelling Neolithic Dispersal; 3.7 Early Neolithic "Impresso Wares" of the Mediterranean; 3.8 Concluding Remarks; References; 4 Settlements in the Hellenistic Period in Cilicia; 4.1 Settlements in the Hellenistic Period in Cilicia; 4.2 Settlement Pattern in the Olba Territory; References; 5 Anthroscapes: A Robust Basis for Mapping Land Quality and Sustainable Land Use Patterns; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Anthroscape Concept; 5.2.1 The Anthroscape Concept and the Anthroscape Land Quality Classes (ALQC); 5.2.2 The ALQCs, LQC, and LCC
- 5.2.3 Anthroscapes Capture the Biodiversity and Functioning of the Agro-Ecosystem5.3 Conclusion; References; 6 Visible/Invisible: Sanctity, History and Topography in Tarsus; References; 7 Maronites in Mersin Through Its Process of Becoming an Important Port City (the Nineteenth and the Twentieth Century); 7.1 A Short Glimpse of the History of the Maronites; 7.2 The Maronite Emigration in the Nineteenth Century; 7.2.1 The Reasons Behind the Emigration; 7.2.2 The Maronite Immigration to Mersin; 7.3 The Maronite Community of Mersin; 7.3.1 First Records of Maronites in Mersin
- 7.3.2 The Maronite Church of Mersin7.3.3 A Historical Interpretation of the Contents of the Church Records; 7.4 Relations with Other Communities; 7.5 Conclusion; References; 8 The Greek-Orthodox Community of Mersin (Mid-Nineteenth Century to 1921); Appendix; References; 9 Where Have All the Egyptian Fellahin Gone? Labor in Mersin and Çukurova (Second Half of the Nineteenth Century); 9.1 The Region's Ecology; 9.2 Agricultural Slavery, the Slave Trade, and the Coolie Traffic; 9.3 Conclusion; References; 10 Why Did the German Levantine Cotton Company Settle in Cilicia?; 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 The German Colonial Economic Committee10.3 Call for the Aegean; 10.4 The Critique of Soskin; 10.5 Comparison of Cilicia and Aegean; 10.6 Comparison of Large and Small Farms; 10.7 Why the German Levantine Cotton Company Preferred Cilicia?; 10.8 Conclusion; References; 11 The Port of Mersin from the Nineteenth Century to the Twentieth Century; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Emergence of Mersin as a Small-Scale Port Town; 11.3 Developing Commerce and Investments in Infrastructure; 11.4 War and the Port; 11.5 From Piers to Port; 11.6 Evaluation: The Phases of Port Development; 11.7 Conclusion