摘要: The onset of modern history in the sixteenth century coincided with peaking Christian-Islamic East-West confrontation Mediterranean and, concurrently, a North-South struggle within Europe. resulting ascendancy innovative North resulted subjugation old power bases and whole region. As slid into underdevelopment, it became due course contesting ground Great Powers, whose world interests or clashed regional interests, while more region's territory fell under external domination. During cold war era particular, returned to be major theatre between powers East West, that contest intersecting widening divide South. end has exposed gulf, its potential for adversity, what is. Does one promise help heal other, simply entrench further?