Mediterranean basin
The expressions Basin the Mediterranean N and Mediterranean world refer more to the shores surrounding the sea than with itself, in the context of an ecological environment ( articles Animalia ) or in that of the development of the Mediterranean Civilization S.
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This article makes it possible to release contours from them.
The Western Mediterranean
Seas
basin Algéro-of Provence ;
- France: Gulf of Lions ;
Islands
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archipelago of the Balearic Islands
- the Corsica
- archipelago of Malta :
- island of Malta
- Gozo : island of the nymph S of Calypso , first song of the Odyssey .
Country
- Tunisia : worsen of Carthage; Tunisia at the time medieval;
- Algeria : Numidie; Maurétanie
- Morocco : dynasties Almoravide and Almohade, Garden of Hespérides
- Spain : Iberian peninsula
- France :
- Roussillon,
- Provence :
- Monaco
- Piedmont and Sardaigne' : to see States of Savoy
Strategic straits
- Straits of Gibraltar : concern the Atlantic Ocean
- Pillars of Hercules , set up during its tenth work .
- quoted of Gibraltar :
the pivot: Italy
Seas
- Western side:
- Sea Ligurienne ;
- Tyrrhenian Sea : populate sea of the Tyrrhéniens;
- Eastern side:
- Adriatic Sea , at the north of which is located the Lagune Venice;
- Gulf of Tarente leading to the Ionian sea .
- Ionian Sea , borrowed by the world hellenistic to join the Large Greece.
Islands
- to see the detailed article List of the principal islands of Italy
- Western side:
- Eastern side:
Places
- Empire Romain:the Roman Civilization under the Empire, dominated this geographical area and adapted it: the Romans called it “Mare Nostrum” .
- Roman Province: Liste compacts Roman provinces;
- Port of Ostie to supply Rome.
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Renaissance: Trecento, Quattrocento, Cinquecento.
Strategic straits
- Strait of Messine between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Ionian Sea
- Channel of Otranto between the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian Sea ;
The Eastern Mediterranean
Seas
- Aegean Sea , bordering the Turkey;
- Gulf of Cyrénaïque , bordering the Libya;
Islands
- of the Adriatic Sea:
- the Cyclades
- of the Aegean Sea:
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the Crete
- Minoan Civilization;
- then related to the Greek world.
Country
- the Balkans:
- Slovenia , Croatia , Bosnia-Herzégovine ;
- Albania ;
- Greece ;
- countries of the the Middle East, zone called Holy Land by the medieval Occident
- Syria : Country of Canaan; Séleucides;
- Lebanon : Phéniciens; Kingdom of Hebraic Tyr
- Civilization: Kingdom of Juda
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Egypt :
- Delta of the Nile : ancient Egypt;
- hellenistic Time: Egypt Macedonian & ptolémaïque Egypt;
- Roman Period;
- Othoman Period: the Mamelukes;
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Libya : Cyrénaïque;
Strategic straits
- Gulf and Channel of Corinth between the Ionian sea and the Aegean Sea .
- Strait of the Bosphorus , between the Black Sea and the Marmara Sea
- Strait of Dardanelles , between the Marmara Sea and the Aegean Sea
- during Antiquity, the Hellespont of the Trojan .
- Suez Canal giving on the Red Sea, carries on the Indian Ocean.
See too
Related articles
- prone related detailed: Géostratégie of the Mediterranean basin;
- prone general, Pour military designs: Géostratégie .
Be-X-old: Міжземнамор'е
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