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Mediterranean is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia. It covers an approximate area of 2.
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This is a list of islands in the Mediterranean Sea:

By area

  Name Image Country Area (km²) Population Capital/Main City Political Status Flag
1 Sicily Italy 5,010,000 Palermo autonomous region with special statute
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mediterranean sea is a mostly enclosed sea that has limited exchange of deep water with outer oceans and where the water circulation is dominated by salinity and temperature differences rather than winds.

There are two types of mediterranean sea.
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The Mediterranean Basin refers to the lands around and surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea. In biogeography, the Mediterranean Basin refers to the lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have a Mediterranean climate, with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers, which
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Mediterranean climate is a climate that resembles the climate of the lands in the Mediterranean Basin. Outside the Mediterranean, this climate covers relatively small areas of the Earth, and generally occurs on the western coasts of continental landmasses, roughly between
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Mediterranean Cosmos is a shopping mall located in the east side of Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city. It opened in October 2005 and is the largest retail development in the Balkans.
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Time zone: EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (min-max): 0 - 20 m (0 - 0 ft)
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Mediterranean cuisine is the cuisine of the areas around the Mediterranean Sea. Whether this is a useful category is disputed:

The idea of the ‘standard Mediterranean diet’ ...

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Mediterranean Revival Style.]] Mediterranean Revival Style Architecture is an eclectic design style that was first introduced in the United States around the turn of the nineteenth century, and came into prominence in the 1920s and 1930s.
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The Mediterranean diet is a modern^[1] nutritional model inspired by the traditional dietary patterns of some of the countries of the Mediterranean Basin, particularly Greece and Southern Italy.
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The Mediterranean Dialogue, first launched in 1994 is a forum of cooperation between NATO and seven countries of the Mediterranean with the aim of contributing to regional security and stability by achieving mutual understanding and dispelling misconceptions about NATO among
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MeSH D010505 Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a hereditary inflammatory disorder that affects groups of patients originating from around the Mediterranean Sea (hence its name).
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Several countries have or have had a Mediterranean Fleet in their navy. See:

• Mediterranean Fleet (United Kingdom)
• French Mediterranean Fleet
• United States 6th Fleet

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Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and shrub is a temperate biome, characterized by hot, dry summers and mild and rainy winters. Nearly all of the rainfall occurs in the winter and spring rainy season.
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The Mediterranean Games are a multi-sport games held every four years for nations bordering the Mediterranean Sea. The idea was proposed at the 1948 Summer Olympics by Muhammed Taher Pasha, chairman of the Egyptian Olympic Committee, and they were first held in 1951.
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history of the Mediterranean region is the history of the interaction of the cultures and peoples of the lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea —the central superhighway of transport, trade and cultural exchange between diverse peoples.
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For alternate uses, see Holy League

The Holy League of 1571 was arranged by Pope Pius V and included almost all the major Catholic maritime states in the Mediterranean.
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For the sea in Japan, see Inland Sea

An inland sea is a shallow sea that covers central areas of continents during high stands of sea level that result in marine transgressions.
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Mediterranean Noir refers to a literary style that employs elements of noir and hardboiled crime fiction in a Mediterranean setting. Sex, crime, and physical violence often figure prominently Mediterranean Noir narratives.
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The Mediterranean pass (The United States used the name Mediterranean passport) was a document which identified a ship as being protected under a treaty with states of the Barbary Coast.
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Mediterranean race was one of the three sub-categories into which the people of Europe were divided by anthropologists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, following the publication of William Z. Ripley's book "The Races of Europe" (1899).
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Mediterranean Revival Style.]] Mediterranean Revival Style Architecture is an eclectic design style that was first introduced in the United States around the turn of the nineteenth century, and came into prominence in the 1920s and 1930s.
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The Mediterranean Ridge is a wide ridge in the bed of the Mediterranean Sea, running along a rough quarter circle from Calabria, south of Crete, to the southwest corner of Turkey, and from there eastwards south of Turkey, including Cyprus.
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Mediterranean Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus sensu lato was the name used during the 1990s for what was then regarded as a polytypic species of Puffinus shearwater, but which is now regarded as two separate monotypic species:

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The Mediterranean Squadron, also known as the Mediterranean Station, was part of the United States Navy in the 1800s.

As early as 1801, prior to the First Barbary War, ships serving in the Mediterranean Sea were organized into a squadron commanded by a captain who
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The Mediterranean States are the two countries of Cyprus and Malta. They are the only two Island countries in the Mediterranean Sea. The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus would be a third, but no nation besides Turkey has recognized it as independent.
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In International Relations, the term Blue Mediterranean refers to keystones of the power and stability of American security interests in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern regions, namely, Israel and Turkey.

See also

• Red Mediterranean

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In international relations, Red Mediterranean refers to the diverse autocratic, revolutionary, nationalist, religious conservative and ethnic separatist forces around the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern regions that hold in common, opposition to American, Israeli and Turkish
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Babelmed is a non profit organisation established in Rome in April 2001. Its main objective is to promote cultural exchanges in the Mediterranean and to spread information and ideas regarding this shared sea, particularly important today when prejudices and amalgamations
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