Thalassocracy and the Power of the Sea

Keynote Speaker: Elizabeth Irwin, Columbia University 

From the palaces of Knossos to the Rock of Gibraltar and beyond, the Mediterranean Sea dominated the world around it, shaping the societies that developed upon its shores. The earliest legends, the tales of the Trojan War and its aftermath, begin with a woman whose face launched a thousand ships, and end with the ten-year odyssey of a man whose story continues to resonate today, as this summer’s highly-anticipated Christopher Nolan blockbuster demonstrates. But what truly lies at the heart of the ancient sea?

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