Eastern Mediterranean Explained

Eastern Mediterranean^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} is a loose definition of the eastern approximate half, or third, of the Mediterranean Sea, often defined as the countries around the Levantine Sea.^[5]

It typically embraces all of that sea's coastal zones, referring to communities connected with the sea and land greatly climatically influenced. It includes the southern half of Turkey's main region Anatolia, its smaller Hatay Province, the island of Cyprus, the Greek Dodecanese islands, and the countries of Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Syria and Lebanon.^{[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}

Its broadest uses can encompass the Libyan Sea (thus Libya), the Aegean Sea (thus European Turkey and the mainland and islands of Greece), the Ionian Sea (thus southern Albania in Southeastern Europe), and can extend west to Italy's farthest south-eastern coasts. Jordan is climatically and economically part of the region.

Regions

The eastern Mediterranean region is commonly interpreted in two ways:

• The Levant, including its historically tied neighboring countries, Balkans and islands of Greece.
• The region of Syria with the island of Cyprus (also known as the Levant), Egypt, Greek Dodecanese and Anatolian Turkey.^[11]

Countries

The countries and territories of the Eastern Mediterranean include Cyprus, Turkey (Anatolia), its smaller Hatay Province, the Greek Dodecanese islands, and the countries of Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Israel, Jordan and Egypt.

North-eastern Mediterranean has been put to print as a term for the Greater Balkans: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece,^{[8] [9]} Slovenia, North Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Romania.^[7] A five-author statistics-rich study of 2019 has sought to add Moldova and Ukraine beyond, which others link more to the Black Sea's economy and history.^[7] The three-word term is mainly a complex euphemism for the Balkan peninsula used by those who stigmatise the word "Balkanisation" and to suggest parallels with other conflicts of the Eastern Mediterranean.^[7]

The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean includes the Eastern Mediterranean as well as the other regions of contiguous Afro-Eurasia: West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.^[12]

See also

• the region of Syria
• Fertile Crescent
• Levantine Sea
• Near East
• Ancient Near East
• Names of the Levant
• Eastern Mediterranean University
• List of Mediterranean countries
• Mediterranean Basin
• WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eastern Mediterranean Political Map. National Geographic Store. 17 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20180221161558/https://shop.nationalgeographic.com/product/maps/wall-maps/countries-and-region-maps/eastern-mediterranean-political-map. 21 February 2018 . National Geographic Society.
2. Ancient Ashkelon. National Geographic Magazine. 17 October 2002. 17 October 2011. Rick. Gore. Robert. Clark. National Geographic Society. https://archive.today/20120716031123/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/features/world/asia/ashkelon-text.html. 16 July 2012. dead.
3. News: The state of Israel: Internal influence driving change. BBC News. 6 November 2011. 4 October 2018. BBC. Tim. Franks. Tim Franks. 9 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200709042802/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15479879. live.
4. Book: Orfalea, Gregory. Gregory Orfalea. The Arab Americans: A History . Olive Branch Press. Northampton, MA. 2006. 249. registration. 9781566565974.
5. Web site: 2019-03-27 . Which Countries Have A Coastline On The Levantine Sea? . 2023-08-13 . WorldAtlas . en-US.
6. Book: The Report: Egypt 2010. Oxford Business Group. 9781907065170. Google Books.
7. Book: Brauch. Hans Günter. Security and Environment in the Mediterranean: conceptualising security and environmental conflicts : with 177 figures and 144 tables. Liotta. Peter H.. Selim. Mohammad El-Sayed. Rogers. Paul F.. 28 September 2018. Springer Science & Business Media. 9783540401070. Google Books.
8. Book: Diez, Thomas. The European Union and the Cyprus Conflict: Modern Conflict, Postmodern Union. 28 September 2018. Manchester University Press. 9780719060793. Google Books.
9. Book: Springer-Verlag. Mediterranean Climate: Variability and Trends. 28 September 2018. Springer Science & Business Media. 9783540438380. Google Books.
10. Book: Lucarelli. Sonia. External Perceptions of the European Union as a Global Actor. Fioramonti. Lorenzo. 16 October 2009. Routledge. 9781135239497. Google Books.
11. Web site: The Growing Alignment Between the Gulf and the Eastern Mediterranean. 2021-08-15. Middle East Institute. en. 2021-05-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20210525180542/https://www.mei.edu/publications/growing-alignment-between-gulf-and-eastern-mediterranean. live.
12. Hassan Salah and Michael Kidd. Family Practice in the Eastern Mediterranean Region:Primary Health Care for Universal Health Coverage, CRC Press, April 8, 2019