The comings and goings of knowledge

Collection title

Rivages

ID

INA00401

Source

INA (FR)

First broadcast date

02/04/1993

Production year

1993

Abstract

The Library of Alexandria, a symbol of intellectual cooperation in the Mediterranean, is being revived. The reportage reiterates the importance of the Arab knowledge (astronomy, mathematics, medicine, ceramics, calligraphy), developed around the Mediterranean, preceding the Western universities whose development occurs only in the thirteenth century. It is through the development of the commercial world and the cities that the Arab erudition enters the Christian world (the example of Cordoba), and today the gateways between the students of Arab and Western countries develop.

Type

video

Production companies

• France 3 Marseille - Own production

Broadcaster

FTV - F3

Audiovisual form

Magazine

Personalities

• Mubarak Hosni
• Mayor Federico

Primary theme

Art, Culture and Knowledge

Secondary themes

• Art, Culture and Knowledge / Languages and literatures
• Art, Culture and Knowledge / Science
• Historical heritages / Arab and muslim worlds
• Society and way of life / Education, teaching

Credits / Cast

• De Sainte Foy Diane - Director
• Bencheikh Jamel Eddine - Participant
• Jehel Georges - Participant

Period of events

• From 1000 to 1500

Map locations

• Spain - South - Cordoba
• Italy - South Italy - Naples
• Egypt - Lower Egypt - Alexandria

Original language

French

Media running time

5m28

Additional information