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• Roman empire fundamentally a Mediterranean power – Augustlus saying go no further, but 14 CE not much more gained.

• Pirenne: vital link between Eastern an Western parts. Islam causing crisis which disrupted flow of trade between the two – critically hurting the West. Moves back on economic and cultural resources – shifts centre of gravity northwards to central Europe and Rhine

• Mediterranean very important – even name implies closeness and familiarity (mare nostrum).

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