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BATTLEFIELD - THE BATTLE FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN

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1.Trade and shipping traffic is prominent.
2. There is also a significant amount of fishing activity in its waters
3. People take sailboat cruises and windsurfing.
4. People scuba dive its waters.
5. It is an important source for feeding a growing population

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The Mediterranean Sea is one of the biggest sea's in the world. The exact size is 965,000 square miles.

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If the Mediterranean seems a somewhat calmer sea after the battle of Lepanto in 1571, this is partly because it has lost much of its importance. For 3000 years this has been both the central sea of western civilization and the trade link to the riches of the east. Now, in the 16th century, the centre of gravity shifts to the Atlantic coast of Europe. America is the source of untold new wealth from the west; and Portuguese navigators have opened up a less hazardous route by sea to to the east.

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The gap between the establishment of Rome's first province outside mainland Italy (Sicily in 241 BC) and Roman control of the entire Mediterranean is little more than two centuries. With the annexation of Egypt in 30 BC, the Mediterranean becomes for the first time one political unit - a large lake within a single empire.

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There are currently 21 countries that surround the Mediterranean Sea. Countries include France, Albania, Croatia, and more.

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The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant. The gap between the establishment of Rome's first province outside mainland Italy (Sicily in 241 BC) and Roman control of the entire Mediterranean is little more than two centuries. With the annexation of Egypt in 30 BC, the Mediterranean becomes for the first time one political unit - a large lake within a single empire.