Malta, Mediterranean Bridge FROM THE PUBLISHER
Malta is located at the center of the Mediterranean Basin, a region important in the movement of Homo erectus beyond Africa to other parts of the world and pivotal in numerous cultural transformations that have affected our species from prehistory until the present time. Malta can serve well as a prism for understanding much that is important about lifeways in the Mediterranean: trade, subsistence systems, religion, urbanization, and the transmigration of peoples in war and in peace.
SYNOPSIS
Explores Malta's ecology, history, and culture from its prehistory up to the present, and presents Malta as a missing link that explains many Mediterranean interrelationships that were previously hidden or problematic.
FROM THE CRITICS
Booknews
The tiny archipelago sits at the crossroads of the Mediterranean where people from three continents have interacted for thousands of years. Goodwin (sociology and anthropology, Morgan State U., Maryland) offers a history of the islands and people, and describes their current culture and life. Among the milestones in the history are the original settlements about six thousand years ago, Islam, the Crusades and their aftermath, miniature urbanization, and national emergence and the modern age. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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