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In a work titled for this place “in Late Antiquity,” Averil Cameron analyzes the importance of “the division between east and west.” Another work titled for this place begins by discussing “geography of a particular kind” and declares that “mountains come first.” A series of works titled for this place’s “society” was produced by Shelomo Dov Goitein (“SHLO-mo dohv GOY-tyne”), who analyzed the documents of the Cairo Genizah (“guh-NEE-zuh”). Another work titled for this place was prepared using the archives of Dubrovnik and Venice, and was written by a scholar (10[1])who was mentored by Lucien Febvre (“loos-YAN FEV-ruh”) and who coined the term longue durée (“long doo-RAY”). That work about this body of water (10[1])is titled for it “in the Age of Philip II” and was written by Fernand Braudel. For 10 points, name this sea that divides southern Europe and northern Africa. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Mediterranean Sea [accept The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity; accept A Mediterranean Society; accept The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II or La Méditerranée et le Monde méditerranéen à l’époque de Philippe II] (The second sentence refers to The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II.)
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