Acculturation In The Mediterranean Sea

During the 600’s to 1200’s the Mediterranean Sea composed of three regions, the Latin Christians World, Byzantine Empire, and Muslim ruling world. In the Mediterranean world, the Latin Christians, Byzantine, and Muslims cultures experienced acculturations and assimilations amongst one another cultures. The Latin Christians through experiences become acculturated/assimilated from the Byzantine and Muslim cultures, the Byzantine become accultured and assimilated from the Latin-Christian and Muslim cultures, and the Muslims get acculturated from the Byzantine and Latin Christian cultures. Acculturation is a process in which someone adopts the practices of another culture. However, assimilation is the when there is no cultural difference between …show more content…
These regions have grown through experiences and different cultures that have been encountered and eventually some people have become assimilated in some other cultures. The Latin Christians through experiences become acculturated/assimilated from the Byzantine and Muslim cultures, Latin Christians culture became acculturated into the Byzantine world by the influence of how the Byzantine’s portrayed St. Demetrios and they also became acculturated and assimilated into customs and cultures of the Muslim world by speaking and writing Arabic. Furthermore, due to this Latin Christians took on the customs of the Muslims by some Latin Christians requiring their wives to wear veils. The Byzantines became accultured and assimilated from the Latin-Christian and Muslim cultures, the Byzantines began performing eulogies and ritual ceremonies, the Greeks started to build Latin Christian Churches, and the Latin language started becoming popular. The Latin Christians assimilated overtime into the Muslim worlds by change of religion, language, coins, and architectural styles. Muslims obtained acculturation from the Byzantine and Latin Christian cultures. Muslims acculturated into the Latin Christian world through conversion into Christianity. Eventually this led them to the loss of their language this was proven in the 1200’s from the document Euclid of Geometry which was translated from Arabic into Spanish. When Muslims accelerated into the Byzantine world they began to become inspired from their art work and their art began to become more abstract. In the 690’s if you look at the picture of the Dome of the Rock, you can see the Byzantine architectural influence, by looking at the Dome like structure. These events and experience between all three regions throughout the Mediterranean Sea region are a perfect