The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World Lincoln Paine
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Aug 15, 2012 - Tracing the origins of the Hawaiians and other Polynesians back to the shores of the South China Sea, archaeologist Patrick Vinton Kirch follows their voyages of discovery across the Pacific in this fascinating history of Hawaiian culture This lively, accessible chronicle works back from Captain James Cook's encounter with the pristine kingdom in 1778, when the British explorers encountered an island civilization governed by rulers who could not be gazed upon by common people. The forum is free and open to the public, and will be held in the in the McCormick Lecture Hall. May 25, 1995 - Civilizations Outside Europe Part I. Jul 16, 2013 - A retired naval officer, Childs is an authority on Tudor maritime and naval history, and the author of Tudor Sea Power. Jan 19, 2008 - Six countries claim maritime borders in the South China Sea, but Beijing claims virtually the entire waterway as Chinese territory and declares that foreign warships traversing its maritime territory must first gain China's permission. History: Islam as a successor civilization: the Near East in new form; the history of the Near East; Muhammad, the Koran and Islam; Arabia: the problem of a barely urbanized India be spared a Chinese-style revolution? The Maritime Far East: Indo-China; Indonesia; The Philippines; Korea. Mar 7, 2014 - His books include Down East: A Maritime History of Maine, and Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia. He serves on the boards of the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath, and of The Telling Room, a non-profit Paine's latest book, The Sea and Civilization, retells the last 3,500 years of civilization's history through the lens of maritime travel, trade, and exploration. Japan: Japan before Chinese influence; Japan learns from Chinese civilization; modern Japan.