Chapters 03-10: (1.8 million years ago – 500 BC)
Chapters 01, 02 & 11: A barbarian history, Provocative places & De profundis
Chapter 11: De profundis
Chapter 10: The end of the beginning (800 – 500 BC)
Chapter 09: From sea to shining sea (1300 – 800 BC)
Chapter 08: Pomp and circumstance (2200 – 1300 BC)
Chapter 07: The devil and the deep blue sea (3500 – 2200 BC)
Chapter 06: How it might have been (5500 – 3500 BC)
Chapter 05: Brave new worlds (10,000 – 5500 BC)
Chapter 04: A cold coming we had of it (50,000 years ago – 10,000 BC)
Chapter 03: The speciating sea (1.8 million – 50,000 years ago)
Chapter 02: Provocative places
Chapter 01: A barbarian history
"The Making of the Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean from the Beginning to the Emergence of the Classical World"