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History of the Mediterranean

The Mediterranean is a sea that separates Europe from Africa and runs from the Straits of Gibraltar in the Atlantic Ocean to the Bosporus in Turkey and the Suez Canal in Egypt. Due to its fertility and temperate climate, it was home to a number of early civilizations, including the Minoan civilizations, the Hellenic civilization, ancient Rome, Greece, Carthage and Egypt.



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