Mediterranean Sea

Jellyfish can be seen in freshwater and saltwater inhabiting everywhere it goes. Some may see jellyfish depicted in media such as the television show “SpongeBob SquarePants” as a fun recreational sport of catching Jellyfish in butterfly nets. Though most may recognize the creatures as your worse nightmare on a beach and avoiding getting stung by them. However, researchers and explorers have found effects that jellyfish have on impacting the ecosystem and life style of others. These findings have

Africa and the Mediterranean Sea are in firm control of the Axis. This prevents the British from using the shortest route through the Mediterranean Sea in accessing raw materials and Persian Gulf oil. The British are heavily dependent on imported oil. Therefore, the Allied want access to Persian Gulf oil and raw materials via the Mediterranean Sea. Furthermore, the Allied strongly believe control of North Africa from the Atlantic Sea to the Red Sea best achieves free use of the sea lines of communication

Pre Field trip report The Mediterranean basin is a boundary of land that contains a basin of water draining into the Atlantic Ocean. It includes countries from Africa, Asia and Europe and is the largest basin that isn’t an ocean. The basin itself has been shaped due to many different processes and actions but it started during the Triassic like all other oceans and seas formed, by the breaking up of the single supercontinent at that time known as Pangaea. Over time Pangaea began to rift due to activity

est Valerie Nguyen Crispina. My topic, number 29, is the Mare Nostrum, which is the Mediterranean Sea. I'm going to talk about the geography, some civilizations connected to it, and why it is just as important today as it was in the past. Romans called it "Mare Nostrum" because in Latin, it means "our sea". In Latin, the Mediterranean means "in the middle of the earth". According to Bible-history.com, the Mediterranean covers approximately 965,000 square miles with an average depth of 4,900 feet. It

The Phoenicians spread across the Mediterranean using this knowledge. First in Cyprus and then Northern Africa, Western Sicily, the islands of Corsica and Sardinia and Southern France, they spread across the sea looking for new people to trade with always setting up trade posts in the cities they found spread across the region, as their interaction with the city grew over time and in turn their influence till eventually these cities became Phoenician colonies through immersion as most of these colonies

other civilizations. The location of Greece was on a peninsula. This gave it plenty access to ports which enabled Greece to trade with lots of other peoples. Although in times of war they could be pushed further into the peninsula with nothing but sea all around them. This forced them to create ships and other seafaring vessels. Once again, as in India, mountains separated much of the region. This lead to the rise of City states, such as the great Sparta or Athens. As the city states developed so

The five principles of civilization allow you to get a better understanding of history. Not only does it break down the material for you to learn easier, but it allows you to receive the information for where you can remember the contents better. Principle one is Geography is Destiny, geography is what allowed civilizations to settle down, which led to the creation of agriculture, trade, war, politics, new inventions, etc., while it also helped them get to where we are today by striving to create

When it comes to climate in Europe they have it all from their warm Mediterranean Sea weather to icy cold weather that comes from the Alps to moist woodlands. Europe is also known to be at the heart of the land hemisphere that it is easy for them to have contact with other countries and are surrounded by lots of sea as well like the Atlantic Ocean, Black Sea, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Baltic Sea and Barents Sea. There's a reason why people refer to it as the peninsula of peninsulas

linguistic groups centered on the Mediterranean, from subtropical Africa and the Near East to northern Europe” (Bass 699). Therefore, underwater archaeology shows that there was multicultural trade during the Late Bronze Age. The various civilizations along the Mediterranean coast worked together in a cooperative fashion and relied on each other in order to thrive during the Late Bronze Age. In addition, trade was not localized but widespread throughout the Mediterranean. Through previous land

Cosque Cave Many, many years ago, a cave was in use, and many paintings, drawings, and engravings were put on the walls of the cave. About ten years ago, a man was diving in the Mediterranean and came across something that no one would ever think about finding. It was a prehistoric painted cave with an underwater entrance. It is known today as the Cosquer cave. Jean Cosquer, a professional diver, discovered the cave. He was diving for no particular reason, and found