Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is the largest enclosed sea in the world, surrounded by Europe, Africa, and Asia – the most populated region of the globe. It is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Strait of Gibraltar which separates Spain from Africa, a distance of 8.9 miles. The sea has an average depth of 4,900 feet, but the deepest point is in the Calypso Deep in the Ionian Deep, having recorded 17,280 feet. It is bordered by 25 coastlines and is split into seven subdivisions of which are the Aegean

southeast end of Europe on the Mediterranean Sea. The first recorded Greeks colonized in Florida, which is where about 77 thousand Greeks still inhabit today as well as a majority of the East Coast. Greeks believe in a simple four-step process to being healthy and if these four basic kinds of things are in order they will be healthy but if they are out of order, illness will occur. I chose to do my research on Greeks because I had heard of the popular “Mediterranean Diet” talked about for years.

The following research project will focus on the Eastern Mediterranean Loggerhead Sea Turtle. Particularly, this paper will analyze why the Loggerhead consistently returns to it its natal nesting grounds in the eastern Mediterranean as opposed to nesting in the western region. To begin, background of the Eastern Mediterranean Loggerhead will be provided to the reader, and then the essay will proceed to discuss the process by which Loggerheads nest and hatch. Following this explanation, this essay

Two geographical features of Ancient Greece had a deep consequence on how Greeks lived. The Mediterranean Sea and mountains. Both were vital geographical factors and had a momentous role on the social and political development of Greece. The mountains worked as barriers to isolate different areas. Cities established individually of one another, with its own unique social structures and governments. City-states grew separately and created their own identities. An example is the city-states of Sparta

In the early post-classical period, the Mediterranean Sea trade route and the Indian Ocean trade route flourished. Although both the Mediterranean Sea trade route and the Indian Ocean Maritime trade route persisted to deliver goods to diverse ports by way of sea, such as India’s transmission of manufactured goods, such as pottery produced by Burma, to several distinct ports, the volume and whereabouts of each particular trade route and the development of people’s characteristics due to trade varied

Straits of Gibraltar, Mediterranean Outflow Name Institution   Straits of Gibraltar, Mediterranean Outflow The Strait of Gibraltar is located between the northern coast of Morocco and the southern coast of Spain. It is the only place that allows the water of the Mediterranean to mix with the water from the Atlantic Ocean. The Strait of Gibraltar is narrow strait separating peninsular Spain and Gibraltar in Morocco and Europe from Morocco as well as the Ceuta/ Spain in Africa. Also, the trait

Traders of the Mediterranean World The Mediterranean Sea is home to many great civilizations in our early history. The Ancient Greeks and Romans established their empires in this region and their cultural contributions have greatly influenced the development of modern Western culture. Unlike the Ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, there is one Mediterranean civilization that did not have a land centric empire. The Phoenicians are the first civilization to create a long distance sea trading network

Problem Statement - How do Allied forces control sea lines of communications and Land lines of communication in Mediterranean and North Africa for continued access to Persian Gulf oil? Current State: Political – The Vichy French government went into collaboration with the Nazis therefore preventing German forces from having to occupy the French Northwest Africa and securing the Axis flank/rear. Military – All of North Africa and Southern Mediterranean minus Egypt were under Axis control either directly

Safavids and Mughals bordered the East. To the South was the Saharan Desert. In the Ottoman Empire’s peak, their Navy in the Mediterranean was used for trade, battling piracy and militaristically. Their ships were not equipped to explore. There are two ways the Ottomans could have sailed to the Americas: Through the Strait of Gibraltar into the Atlantic, or through the Red Sea and around Africa. The Ottomans were not as geographically predisposed for exploration. For the Ottomans to pass through the

Crescent. They first originated from Bahrain. They were the most wealthy and powerful traders in 1100 B.C. Their first cities were next to the Mediterranean Sea in the area of Lebanon. Although the Phoenicians did not control a grand empire, they were able to become rich through trade. Eventually, they were able to spread their area all around the Mediterranean Sea. The Phoenicians started their road to riches in a funny way. Around one of their cities on an island called Tyre, tons of snails from the