Eastern Mediterranean

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geographical region maritime region

The Eastern Mediterranean is a strategically vital region encompassing the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea and its bordering countries, long central to geopolitical, economic, and cultural interactions between Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

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All labels observed (20)

Label Occurrences
Eastern Mediterranean canonical 329
eastern Mediterranean 45
eastern Mediterranean Sea 31

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
maritime region ⓘ
adjacentTo Asia Minor ⓘ
surface form: Anatolia

Balkans ⓘ
surface form: Balkan Peninsula

Eastern Mediterranean self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Levant

North Africa ⓘ
surface form: North African coast
borders Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
connectedTo Black Sea via Turkish Straits ⓘ
Suez Canal ⓘ
contains Aegean Sea ⓘ
Ionian Sea ⓘ
surface form: Ionian Sea (eastern part)

Eastern Mediterranean self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Levantine Sea
hasCulturalSignificance interaction zone between Asia and the Middle East ⓘ
interaction zone between Europe and Asia ⓘ
interaction zone between Europe and the Middle East ⓘ
hasEconomicImportance offshore hydrocarbons ⓘ
shipping routes ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasStrategicImportance energy transit ⓘ
global trade ⓘ
military strategy ⓘ
regional security ⓘ
historicallyKnownFor ancient trade routes ⓘ
birthplace of ancient civilizations ⓘ
maritime commerce ⓘ
naval conflicts ⓘ
includes eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ
Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
majorPortCity Alexandria ⓘ
Beirut ⓘ
Haifa ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ
Limassol ⓘ
Piraeus ⓘ
majorSecurityIssue maritime boundary disputes ⓘ
naval militarization ⓘ
offshore gas field disputes ⓘ
partOf Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
typicalCountryIncluded Cyprus ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
surface form: Libya (eastern coast)

State of Palestine ⓘ
surface form: Palestine

Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ

Referenced by (456)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Truman Doctrine → appliesToRegion → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Judaism → foundedInRegion → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Near East
Department of Greek and Roman Art → collectionRegion → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean → contains → Eastern Mediterranean self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levantine Sea
Eastern Mediterranean → adjacentTo → Eastern Mediterranean self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
State of Palestine → subregion → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Koine Greek → usedInRegion → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Koine Greek → usedInRegion → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Mediterranean Sea → containsSubdivision → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levantine Sea
Turkey → region → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Judeo-Arabic → region → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Temple Mount → locatedIn → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Hebrews → region → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Mediterranean Theater of Operations → location → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Judea → locatedIn → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Judea → partOf → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Levant
Middle East → historicalRegionIncludes → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Middle East → hasSubregion → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Middle East → hasSubregion → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Ottoman Empire → historicalRegion → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Sephardi Jews → dispersedTo → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Beirut → locatedIn → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Beirut → locatedOn → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levantine coast
Limassol → region → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Limassol → isMajorPortIn → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Central Semitic languages → geographicDistribution → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Phoenician alphabet → region → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Phoenician alphabet → region → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Eastern European Time → usedInRegion → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Arab–Israeli conflict → mainRegion → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Palestinian → hasRegionOfOrigin → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Arabs → originRegion → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Roman Republic → expandedAcross → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Phoenician civilization → hasPrimaryRegion → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Phoenician civilization → hasPrimaryRegion → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Hellenic languages → region → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Levantine Arabic → alternativeName → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levantine
Levantine Arabic → region → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Levantine Arabic → region → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Eisenhower Doctrine → geopoliticalFocus → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Jewish–Roman wars → location → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Jesus Prayer → originRegion → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean → regionServed → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Mediterranean Region
Cyprus → locatedIn → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Crown of Aragon → tradeRegion → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Mediterranean
Calypso Deep → locatedIn → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Mediterranean
Letter to the Hebrews → originalRegion → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Mediterranean
Aegean Sea → locatedIn → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Byzantine Empire → region → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Hellenic Trench → locatedIn → Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Mediterranean Sea