Mediterranean: Portrait of a SeaOverview of the historical events that took place in the Mediterranean Sea. |
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... Strait of Gibraltar , but also by a submarine ledge linking the two continents . Since , at its deepest , it is little more than a thousand feet , and in places a great deal shallower , the strait can admit only a relatively small ...
... Strait of Gibraltar , but also by a submarine ledge linking the two continents . Since , at its deepest , it is little more than a thousand feet , and in places a great deal shallower , the strait can admit only a relatively small ...
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... Strait is one of the only places in the Mediterranean where swordfish are found in any great quantity . The interchange of water at this point between the Ionian and Tyrr- henian seas , the tidal activities in the strait , and the ...
... Strait is one of the only places in the Mediterranean where swordfish are found in any great quantity . The interchange of water at this point between the Ionian and Tyrr- henian seas , the tidal activities in the strait , and the ...
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... Strait of Gibraltar , the Messina Strait , and the Bosporus . Off Gibraltar , the meeting place of the inland sea and the Atlantic , are found not only a great number of species , but also firmer - fleshed fish , because of the inflow ...
... Strait of Gibraltar , the Messina Strait , and the Bosporus . Off Gibraltar , the meeting place of the inland sea and the Atlantic , are found not only a great number of species , but also firmer - fleshed fish , because of the inflow ...
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Aegean Alexandria allies ancient Arabs army Asia Minor Athenians Athens basin battle became British Byzantine Byzantine Empire Byzantium canal captured Carthage Carthaginians centre century B.C. Christian coast colonies conflict conquest Constantinople Corsica Crete Crusaders culture dominated early East eastern Mediterranean Egypt Emperor enemy English Etruscans Euboea Europe European fact fish fleet force Fourth Crusade France French galleys Gibraltar Greece Greek H. A. L. Fisher harbour Herodotus hundred Ionian island Italian Italy knights land later Levant Levanzo mainland Malta Maltese mast Mediter Moslem mountain Napoleon naval navigation navy North Africa northern oars Odysseus once Ottoman period Persian Phoenicians port ranean Rhodes rich Roman Empire Rome routes sail sailors Saint John Sardinia ships Sicilian Sicily siege southern Spain Spartans strait Syracuse territory throughout trade trireme troops Turkish Turks Vandals Venetians Venice vessels victory West western whole wind