book "the corrupting sea"
And the revision comment:
The ideas are not organized or coherent. The geographical, ecological, and environmental characteristics of the Mediterranean allowed the region to be close knit, which allowed religions to coexist peacefully. This point is not being made very well. There is no mention of diasporas, which were crucial in linking the Mediterranean. There is no mention of Jerusalem, which was a holy city that all major religions wanted a special place in. I specifically asked beforehand whether or not the writers had access to the "the corrupting sea," and was told yes. Clearly they did not.
Christianity and Islam both colonized the Mediterranean region. Does this mean that it has always been a question of either one or the other?
No. The Mediterranean actually played a sort of mediating role towards both religions. With the region’s many pilgrimage sites, churches, shrines, mosques, the area shared many sacred spaces. There were also many ethnic-religious diasporas that helped linked the Arab-Muslim and Christian world. Jerusalem was an important shared city that accommodated all religions. Furthermore, the Mediterranean Sea was itself a way in which religions spread and became close-knit.
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