Monday 6 October 2014

ekathimerini.com | Piracy, a force that shaped the Eastern Mediterranean

ekathimerini.com | Piracy, a force that shaped the Eastern Mediterranean



"On many Aegean islands, for example, toponyms, town planning and architecture serve as an echo of an active or passive defense policy again the terror of the seas." 



Town planning - the winding pathways of Cycladic villages were reputedly designed to confuse pirates!

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