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History of the Mediterranean

The Mediterranean Sea 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 Hittite, Minoan and Phoenician civilizations, the Hellenic civilization, ancient Rome, Greece, Carthage and Egypt.

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