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Abstract
Maritime activities and the maritime cultural landscape in the Eastern Mediterranean underwent dramatic changes through the Early Middle Ages. These broad changes started by the end of Late Antiquity as a consequence of complex political, economical, and environmental processes.
In the mid-7th century AD the Arabian conquest cut off the harbors of Levant and Egypt from the maritime routes that were previously dominated by the Byzantine Empire and the sea became politically and religiously divided. The coast was totally controlled by Arabs until the escalation of the Crusader wars in the 12th century.
The general aim of this dissertation is to demonstrate how the transition from christianity to Islam affected maritime activities in the Eastern Mediterranean during the first centuries after the Arabian conquest. Focusing on the Levantine and the Egyptian Mediterranean coast, main objective of this study is to reveal how these political, religious and cultural changes affected navigational routes, harbors and ship construction in the region, from the 6th to the 12th century.