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Nicolas Sanson, Map of Eastern Mediterranean, 1651. The eastern Mediterranean region is commonly interpreted in two ways: The Levant, including its historically tied neighboring countries, Balkans and islands of Greece. The region of Syria with the island of Cyprus (also known as the Levant), Egypt, Greek Dodecanese and Anatolian Turkey. [11]
Catalan Atlas, map of the Eastern Mediterranean by Abraham Cresques. 1375. Items portrayed in this file depicts. media type. image/jpeg. checksum ...
English: Map of the Eastern Mediterranean with conflicting delimitations of Exclusive Economic Zone / Continental Shelf areas. Blue: areas claimed by Greece and the Republic of Cyprus; Red: areas claimed by Turkey.
There are various definitions of Europe and in particular, there is a significant dispute about the eastern and southeastern boundaries, specifically about how to define the countries of the former Soviet Union. This list is based on a wide definition that includes much of the interface between Europe and Western Asia.
1973–1980: the above: the above, Barbuda, [V] Mayotte, [W] without the newly independent Bahama Islands, Grenada, St. Vincent, Seychelles, British Solomon Islands, Surinam, Ellice Island, Dominica, St. Lucia, Gilbert Islands, New Hebrides, Comoro Islands [W] and French Territory of the Afars and the Issas: the above without the newly ...
Physical and political map of the Mediterranean basin. In biogeography, the Mediterranean basin (/ ˌ m ɛ d ɪ t ə ˈ r eɪ n i ən / MED-ih-tə-RAY-nee-ən), also known as the Mediterranean region or sometimes Mediterranea, is the region of lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have mostly a Mediterranean climate, with mild to cool, rainy winters and warm to hot, dry summers, which ...
Athens – Eastern Gulf of Corinth, Halcyon Islands. 38.22 22.93 20–22 6.7 M s: IX 500 injured / $812 million in damage / 22,554 buildings destroyed around Athens/ Local tsunami. 2 strong earthquakes followed (6.4 M s and 6.3 M s) [41] [42] 1980-07-09 Almyros, Magnesia (regional unit) 39.27 22.83 6.5 VIII 24 injured / 5,222 buildings ...