This book brings antiquity into conversation with the present.The
Mediterranean is the meeting point of three continents - Asia,
Africa, and Europe - as well as three major monotheistic religions
- Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Focusing on global networks and
cultural exchanges, ""Mediterranean Passages"" collects writings
from across 3,000 years to provide a pan-Mediterranean perspective
of the cultural, political, and economic relations that crisscross
the region, linking people, places, and ideas from antiquity to the
present.From Homer's hymn to Apollo to the writing of
French-Algerian philosopher Jacques Derrida, from the contemporary
accounts of North African Berber conqueror Tariq ibn al-Yazid to
the journalism of American I. F. Stone, this chronologically
organized anthology juxtaposes the voices and experiences of
travelers, exiles, and colonizers who have lived in or visited the
Mediterranean region since before 1200 B.C.E. Literary and
historical texts and a gallery of illustrations, including maps,
architectural drawings, photographs, and paintings provide glimpses
of travel and migration, trade routes, military conquest, and
cultural exchange. Together, these selections highlight the
networks of connections, intersections, and interruptions that
animate a vital and contested geographical space.
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