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There is hardly anything in this article on the influence of the Black Sea on the Mediterranean world. The article is a review of a book on Mithridates and the Kingdom of Pontus (which had a lot of contact with the Mediterranean states).

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I was also really disappointed about how it did a good old bait and switch as well. Grab your interest by mentioning hannibal, then switch to talking about some guy's research of a little known personal kingdom on the shores of Turkey. Hardly what the title would lead you to believe.

Agreed the title makes no sense.

I kept waiting for the article to get to the title, it didn't.

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