Eastern Mediterranean port cities : a study of Mersin, Turkey -- from antiquity to modernity / Filiz Yenişehirlioğlu, Eyüp Özveren, Tülin Selvi Ünlü, editors.
This book surveys the historical development, current problems and likely prospects for Eastern Mediterranean port cities, providing contributions from scholars from various disciplines, such as archaeologists, historians, economists, urban planners and architects. By studying the city of Mersin and...
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Table of Contents:
- 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.