Louvre Abu Dhabi | Wing 2 | Gallery 6 | FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN TO THE ATLANTIC.

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A melting pot for the cultures of Christianity, Byzantium and Islam, the Mediterranean basin in the Middle Ages served as a focal point for commercial and cultural routes from across Asia and Africa. While the cities of Venice and Genoa took an active part in these exchanges, the Iberian Peninsula, divided between Islam and Christianity, became a site of rich cultural diversity. Elsewhere in Europe, competition between Christian kingdoms and flourishing trade contributed to economic and scientific development. At the end of the 15th century, Portuguese navigators explored the coastline of Africa and opened new trade routes to the Indian Ocean while the crossing of the Atlantic fostered contact between Europe and the great civilisations of the Americas.

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