Eastern Mediterranean

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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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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

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Hellenization of the Near East hasRegion Eastern Mediterranean
northern Aegean Sea locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean
this entity surface form: eastern Mediterranean Sea
Monoenergism historicalRegion Eastern Mediterranean
Monothelite controversy location Eastern Mediterranean
Tiberius (son of Constans II) historicalRegion Eastern Mediterranean
Kingdom of Tyre locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean
Alashiya locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean
Syrian coast locatedOn Eastern Mediterranean
this entity surface form: eastern Mediterranean Sea
Syrian coast partOf Eastern Mediterranean
Claude F. A. Schaeffer workLocation Eastern Mediterranean
this entity surface form: Eastern Mediterranean region
David Tiberius region Eastern Mediterranean
House of Justinian territorialExtent Eastern Mediterranean
Atheras mountain locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean
subject surface form: Atheras Mountain
this entity surface form: eastern Mediterranean
Gyali locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean
this entity surface form: eastern Mediterranean Sea
Doukid dynasty sphereOfInfluence Eastern Mediterranean
Sidonians region Eastern Mediterranean
Institute of Public Health regionServed Eastern Mediterranean
subject surface form: Institute of Public Health (Hacettepe University)
Los Bilbilicos regionOfOrigin Eastern Mediterranean
Durme Durme region Eastern Mediterranean
Spanyolit usedIn Eastern Mediterranean
Ionian Basin partOf Eastern Mediterranean
this entity surface form: eastern Mediterranean Sea
War of Candia theatre Eastern Mediterranean
Angelid dynasty region Eastern Mediterranean
Julius Africanus region Eastern Mediterranean
Levantine Sea locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean
this entity surface form: eastern Mediterranean Sea
southeastern Aegean Sea locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean
Byzantine institutions appliedIn Eastern Mediterranean
Vai Palm Forest region Eastern Mediterranean
Ionian War location Eastern Mediterranean
Euro-Mediterranean region hasPart Eastern Mediterranean
this entity surface form: Eastern Mediterranean countries
Byzantine cross geographicOrigin Eastern Mediterranean
Byzantium: The Apogee setting Eastern Mediterranean
Kingdom of Jerusalem coat of arms region Eastern Mediterranean
Ascalon region Eastern Mediterranean
Rum Seljuks region Eastern Mediterranean
this entity surface form: eastern Mediterranean
Stato da Mar locatedInOrOn Eastern Mediterranean
this entity surface form: eastern Mediterranean
Venetian grosso usedInRegion Eastern Mediterranean
Myrtoan Sea locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean
Augustan wars hasLocation Eastern Mediterranean
Parthian invasion region Eastern Mediterranean
Achaemenid coinage system geographicScope Eastern Mediterranean
Mustafa Pasha areaOfOperations Eastern Mediterranean
Franco-Ottoman alliance hasLocation Eastern Mediterranean
South Aegean Sea locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean
this entity surface form: eastern Mediterranean Sea
kanun hasRegion Eastern Mediterranean
Wars against the Seleucid Empire locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean
Pompey’s Eastern campaigns tookPlaceIn Eastern Mediterranean
this entity surface form: eastern Mediterranean
Byzantine culture region Eastern Mediterranean