Contents Maps and Illustrations xi Preface: Wars at Sea xiii Introduction: The Blue on the Map xv Part One Turmoil in the Eastern Mediterranean 1 Chapter 1 The First to Risk Their Lives upon the ­ Water 3 Chapter 2 The Minoans and the First “Thalassocracy” 5 Chapter 3 The Collapse of Civilization 9 Chapter 4 The Assault on Egypt 12 Chapter 5 Greek Colonization in the East 16 Part Two The Spread of Hellenism 21 Chapter 6 How to Build a Boat in the Eighth ­Century BCE 23 Chapter 7 Greek Colonization in the West 24 Chapter 8 A Typical Foundation Story 29 Chapter 9 Ramming 31 Chapter 10 The Trireme 36 Chapter 11 Polycrates: King, Tyrant, Pirate 41 Part Three The Persian Wars 47 Chapter 12 Darius and the Greeks 49
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