Countries that are geographically located to the east of the Mediterranean Sea
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
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The eastern Mediterranean region is commonly interpreted in two ways:
Countries
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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
, and
Central Asia
.
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See also
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References
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.
National Geographic
Store
.
National Geographic Society
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the original
on 21 February 2018
. Retrieved
17 October
2011
.
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Gore, Rick (17 October 2002). Clark, Robert (ed.).
"Ancient Ashkelon"
.
National Geographic Magazine
.
National Geographic Society
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the original
on 16 July 2012
. Retrieved
17 October
2011
.
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Franks, Tim
(6 November 2011).
"The state of Israel: Internal influence driving change"
.
BBC News
.
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.
Archived
from the original on 9 July 2020
. Retrieved
4 October
2018
.
- ^
Orfalea, Gregory
(2006).
The Arab Americans: A History
. Northampton, MA:
Olive Branch Press
. p.
249
.
ISBN
9781566565974
.
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"Which Countries Have A Coastline On The Levantine Sea?"
.
WorldAtlas
. 2019-03-27
. Retrieved
2023-08-13
.
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The Report: Egypt 2010
. Oxford Business Group.
ISBN
9781907065170
– via Google Books.
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b
c
d
Brauch, Hans Gunter; Liotta, Peter H.; Selim, Mohammad El-Sayed; Rogers, Paul F. (28 September 2018).
Security and Environment in the Mediterranean: conceptualising security and environmental conflicts : with 177 figures and 144 tables
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ISBN
9783540401070
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Diez, Thomas (28 September 2018).
The European Union and the Cyprus Conflict: Modern Conflict, Postmodern Union
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ISBN
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a
b
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ISBN
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ISBN
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.
Middle East Institute
.
Archived
from the original on 2021-05-25
. Retrieved
2021-08-15
.
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Hassan Salah and Michael Kidd.
Family Practice in the Eastern Mediterranean Region:Primary Health Care for Universal Health Coverage
, CRC Press, April 8, 2019