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History of the Mediterranean region - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1390 words) |
 | The history of the Mediterranean region is the history of the interaction of the cultures and peoples of the lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea —the central superhighway of transport, trade and cultural exchange between diverse peoples. |
| For several centuries the Mediterranean was a "Roman Lake," surrounded on all sides by the empire. |
| The Islamic states had never been major naval powers, and trade from the east to Europe was soon in the hands of Italian traders, especially the Venetians, who profited immensely from it. |
| Department of Political Studies (11709 words) |
| United States hegemony expansion, patterns of arms trade and expenditures, defence industries linkages, and the multilateral pattern of military intervention are major indicators of the growing intensity of military relations among all political units of the world system. |
| Among economic interdependent states, the probability of war is lessened by the rational calculus of the cost of interrupting existing economic ties. |
| International law recognised the right of the state to self-defence and security, but the survival of the European state system and not the survival of the individual state (not to mention the survival of extra-European states and state-like entities) was the value defended by international rules and practices. |
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