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    The history of the Mediterranean region and of the cultures and people of the Mediterranean Basin is important for understanding the origin and development...
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    exchange between the peoples of the region. The history of the Mediterranean region is crucial to understanding the origins and development of many modern...
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    is partly Mediterranean in character. The historical connections of the region, as well as the impact of the Mediterranean Sea on the region's climate and...
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    the Mediterranean Basin (/ˌmɛdɪtəˈreɪniən/ MED-ih-tə-RAY-nee-ən), also known as the Mediterranean Region or sometimes Mediterranea, is the region of lands...
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    million people, 98% of which was lost by December 2017. Genetic history of the Middle East History of the Mediterranean region List of history journals#Middle...
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    climatically and economically part of the region. The eastern Mediterranean region is commonly interpreted in two ways: The Levant, including its historically...
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    The Mediterranean Biogeographic Region is the biogeographic region around and including the Mediterranean Sea. The term is defined by the European Environment...
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    Southern Levant lies on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, in the world region known variously as the Near East, the Middle East or Western or...
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  • The population of the region of Palestine, which approximately corresponds to modern Israel and the Palestinian territories, has varied in both size and...
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    Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The Union has the aim of promoting stability and integration throughout the Mediterranean region. It is a forum for discussing...
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    foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Siberian region; the Mediterranean Basin; the Sahara and...
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    Palestine has a tumultuous history as a crossroads for religion, culture, commerce, and politics. The region was among the earliest to see human habitation...
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    Geography History of cartography History of the Mediterranean region Latin spelling and pronunciation List of Graeco-Roman geographers List of historical...
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  • millennia. Like the history of Africa, military history on the continent is often divided by region. North Africa was part of the Mediterranean cultures and...
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    History of the Mediterranean region List of museum ships Maritime archaeology Maritime history of Europe Roman shipyard of Stifone (Narni) Siege of Syracuse...
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    played a large role in shaping the ecology of Mediterranean ecoregions. The hot, dry summers make much of the region prone to fires, and lightning-caused...
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    Europe is the southern region of Europe. It is also known as Mediterranean Europe, as its geography is marked by the Mediterranean Sea. Definitions of southern...
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  • The timeline of the Palestine region is a timeline of major events in the history of Palestine. For more details on the history of Palestine see History...
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    Italy History of the Mediterranean region Etruscan civilization Pre-Nuragic Sardinia Nuragic civilization Latins (Italic tribe) Prehistory of Corsica...
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    The Levant (/ləˈvænt/ lə-VANT) is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of West Asia...
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    bordered by the Aegean Sea to the west, the Marmara Region to the north, the Central Anatolia Region to the east, and the Mediterranean Region to the south...
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    autonomous community of Spain located in the southeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Mediterranean coast. The region is 11,313 km2 (4,368 sq mi)...
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    The Mediterranean diet is a diet inspired by the eating habits and traditional food typical of southern Spain, southern Italy, and Crete, and formulated...
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    travel firmly brought the region into the Mediterranean world, especially during the classical period. In the 1st millennium AD, the Sahara became an equally...
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  • The Levant is the area in Southwest Asia, south of the Taurus Mountains, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea in the west, the Arabian Desert in the south...
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    Predrag Matvejević (category Members of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    his 1987 non-fiction book Mediterranean: A Cultural Landscape, a seminal work of cultural history of the Mediterranean region which has been translated...
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    Paratethys north of the Mediterranean. The Zanclean flood occurred when the Strait of Gibraltar opened. Tectonic subsidence of the Gibraltar region may have lowered...
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    The Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre was a major theatre of operations during the Second World War. The vast size of the Mediterranean and Middle...
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  • The Mediterranean race (also Mediterranid race) is an obsolete racial classification of humans based on a now-disproven theory of biological race. According...
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    The most populous countries in the region are Egypt, Turkey, and Iran, while Saudi Arabia is the largest Middle Eastern country by area. The history of...
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