Italy and the Islamic World tells the story of how Italian cities have been centres of international exchange for centuries, linking Europe with the most storied marketplaces of the Middle East and North Africa. From the Ancient Roman period and the Renaissance to the rise of the Italian Republic, Italy has been a global crossroads for more than two millennia. In Ali Humayun Akhtar's new picture of European history, Italy's debates about trade with its southern neighbours evoke an earlier era of encounters ā one that sheds light on where the EU is heading today.
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0Table of contents
- List of Figures
- Timeline
- Glossary
- Sources
- Preface
- 1 Italians in the East (Levante) and the Making of Modern Europe
- 2 After Caesar: The Roman Empire and its Arabian Frontiers
- 3 The Formation of the Papal State during the Early Caliphates
- 4 A New Turn to Carthage (Tunisia) and the Start of the Crusades
- 5 Pisan Trade Hubs from Seville to Crusader Syria
- 6 Genoese Commerce across the HabsburgāOttoman Mediterranean
- 7 The Venetian Republic Turns Global
- 8 Florentine Commerce and the Renaissance
- 9 Livornans in North Africa during Italian Unification
- 10 Italian Citizens between Rome and the East (Levante)
- 11 The Last Levantines (Gli Levantini)
- Epilogue: Memories of the Levant in Exile
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index