1. An Archaeology of Place
People and Water
Region, Frontier, Nation
Beginnings
Geography and Ecology
2. Pontus Euxinus, 700BC – AD500
The Edge of the World
"Frogs Around a Pond"
"A Community of Race"
How a Scythian Saved Civilization
The Voyage of Argo
"More Barbarous Than Ourselves"
Pontus and Rome Dacia Traiana
The Expedition of Flavius Arrianus
The Prophet of Abonoteichus
3. Mare Maggiore, 500 - 1500
"The Scythian Nations Are One"
Sea-FireKhazars, Rhos, Bulgars, and Turks
Business in Gazaria
Pax Mongolica
The Ship from Caffa
Empire of the Comneni
Turchia
An Ambassador from the East
4. Kara Deniz, 1500 - 1700
"The Source of All the Seas"
"To Constantinople - to be sold!"
Domn, Khan, and Derebey
Sailors' Graffiti
A Navy of Seagulls
5. Chernoe More, 1700 - 1860
Sea and Steppe
A Flotilla on Azov
Cleopatra Processes South
The Flight of the Kalmoucks
A Season in Kherson
Rear Admiral Dzhons
New RussiaFever, Ague, and Lazaretto
A Consul in TrabzonCrimea
6. Black Sea, 1860 - 1990
Empires, States, and Treaties;
Steam, Wheat, Rail, and Oil
"An Ignoble Army of Scribbling Visitors"
Trouble on the Kostence Line
The Unpeopling
"The Division of the Waters"
Knowing the Sea
The Prometheans
Development and Decline
7. Facing the Water
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