The Rise of a Maritime Strategic Island: Malta under the Phoenicians & the Romans

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Contents

Foreword ...................................................................................................... 7

The Prehistoric Islandscape .............................................................. 10

Malta under the Phoenicians & the Romans

The Rise of a Maritime Strategic Island: .................... 36

The Sea in Medieval Maltese History .................................... 72

A Concise Naval History of the Knights of St John ........... 110

The Traditional Water Working Craft .................................... 160

Bibliography ............................................................................................ 202

Index ......................................................................................................... 204

Photography and Illustration Credits ............................................. 208

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