"Sea of Hospitality? Sea of Storms? Or the Dark Sea? A comprehensive and authoritative history of a complex maritime region.
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A History of the Black Sea: From Historical Ripples to Contemporary Waves offers a unique perspective, providing an overview of the Black Sea's coastal regions from antiquity to the present day. The author aims to move beyond the biases shaped by 20th-century political realities and academic divisions-which often focus narrowly on ""Eastern Europe"" or the histories of individual nation-states. By centering the Black Sea as a distinct geographical region, the book transcends political boundaries to examine its history from its emergence 7,000-8,000 years ago up to the early 21st century. It explores how the region has been conceptualized and divided in different historical periods, highlighting that the Black Sea was long viewed as an integrated whole. The study argues that the political demarcations established in the early 20th century have obscured and hindered this inherent unity, ultimately calling on both the academic community and the Black Sea's littoral states to recognize the critical importance of renewed collaboration in addressing the region's contemporary challenges.
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Charles King
Professor of International Affairs and Government and Chair of the Department of Government at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. He is a Marshall Scholar of Oxford University. His published works include Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams, Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul, and The Ghost of Freedom: A History of the Caucasus. He has received awards including the National Jewish Book Award and the Prix du Livre Figaro Magazine in France. A prominent public historian and active media commentator on global affairs, he collaborates extensively with major European and American media outlets such as CNN, the History Channel, and the BBC.
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