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Learning Module
5.0
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EuroMed: I. Historical, Cultural and Social Bases
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Academic Coordinator
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Prof. Emilio
Lamo de Espinosa | Complutense
University of Madrid
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Abstract
History of mankind shows
that if seas separate they also unite. The Mediterranean has been a unity
at least from the beginning of Ancient Empires and certainly was unified
by Rome in both directions: North / South and East / West. The division of
the Roman Empire produced a first split East / West, that continues under
the skin of Catholic / Orthodox religion. Later Islam produced another split,
North /South, that continues too hiding deeper socio-economic differences.
Today the economic split between Spain and Morocco, about 1 to 12 in per
capita GDP is one of the greatest in the world.
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Course Objectives
Three main goals:
- To show the Mediterranean as the source of Western Civilization.
- To show the essencial cultural and social unity of the Mediterranean.
- To show the present splits and conflicts.
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Programmatic Contents
01. From Early Times to
Rome
02. Rome's partition and Islamic conquests
03. The Ottoman Empire; Trade and transfers in the Mediterranean
04. The present split; the EU and the Arab League
05. Overcoming the split:
The Barcelona Process, the Good Neighborhood Policy
and the New Mediterranean Union
06. Demography, urbanization and growth North and South. The role of EU's
CAP
07. Oil and development. Failed States, Rogue States and Petro-States
08. Migration in the Mediterranean. ¿A new conquest? Fears and anxieties
09. Islamic fundamentalists. ¿islamo-fascism?
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Teaching Units »»»
5.1
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The Mediterranean
as a historical unity. From Roman unification of the Mare Nostrum to the present
split
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5.2
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Christianity
and Islam. Confrontation and / or cooperation. The Mediterranean as frontier
and as bridge
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5.3
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The North-South
divide. The EU, oil, migration and poverty around the Mediterranean
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