Mediterranean diet

societies were very similar, there are several differences. Some of those differences include education and location. The location of the Sumerian's is located near the Persian Gulf, next to Arabia, while the Greeks are located on a peninsula on the Mediterranean Sea between Turkey and Italy. In class we asked questions on how come we wake up of the mornings, or why the sun comes up. We learned that each civilization has its own belief of how this happens. Some civilizations thought the sun came…

One day when Bob was at his house he went to go get his mail and when he checked it he saw a letter from the government. When he got in his house he opened the letter, and after he read it and looked through it, the government wanted him to boat across the Atlantic Ocean. They were going to fly him to Morocco and Bob was going to boat a small lifeboat across the Atlantic Ocean with twelve people. When Bob arrives in Morocco the FBI takes him to a port where all he sees is a small life boat and…

Portugal is a southern European country on the Iberian Peninsula, bordering Spain. Its location on the Atlantic Ocean has influenced many aspects of its culture: salt cod and grilled sardines are national dishes, the Algarve's beaches are a major destination and much of the nation’s., when Portugal had a powerful maritime empire. Lisbon, is the capital of Portugal, is one of Europe's most beautiful and cosmopolitan cities. Cosmopolitan means a familiar with and at ease in many different…

Located off North Carolina’s coast in the Beaufort Inlet lies shipwreck 31CR314. The submerged wreck was first discovered by Intersal Inc. (a permitted private research firm) divers on November 21, 1996. Initially sighted were some of the ships multiple cannons, and anchors. The divers were using information provided by Intersal’s founder Phil Masters. Former Intersal Inc. Director of Operations Mike Daniel used the historical accounts to assist in the location of the wreck. The site’s…

Barcelona in general Barcelona is the capital of the autonomous community of Cataloniain Spain and Spain's second most populous city. It is the largest metropolis on the Mediterranean. Barcelona has a rich cultural heritage and is today an important cultural center and a major tourist destination. Particularly renowned are the architectural works of Antoni Gaudi and Lluis Domenech i Montaner, which have been designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Barcelona is one of the world's leading tourist,…

Libya is a country bounded by Mediterranean sea, Egypt, Sudan, Niger, Chad, Tunisia, and Algeria. It is the first county to get independence in Africa, in 1951 (History World, n.d.). Libya was colonized by Italy form 1910 to 1947. The colonization started when the Italy troop lost the war prepared for Libya. After sometime, the Italians decided to come back to Libya. Italian kingdom then took control of the Ottoman provinces of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica. Italian have unified the two area as…

can surge past what archaeology on land can do. The shipwreck of the Uluburun exemplifies the importance of this practice. The Uluburun shipwreck reveals the importance of trade during the bronze age in the Mediterranean. It also shows the vital connection of trade between different Mediterranean and Middle East civilizations. The Uluburun shipwreck shows that underwater archaeology can expand beyond the reaches of archaeology on land with the…

Palmyra is a city located in the ancient Aramic city and it is the central of Syria. It is located in an oasis 245km east of the Mediterranean Sea and 210 km west of the Euphrates River, it is located in the center of Syrian Steppe (cited). Palmyra is at the northeastern slope of Jebel at-Muntar of the Palmyrene mountain chain at an altitude of 600m (cited). Dasmascus its 235km from Palmyra and Homs its 210lm from it, and 210km from Deiz. This mean that Palmyra is very close to the other cities…

seafarers. They sailed out to the Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Sea to make some kind of connection with the outside world which would eventually lead to more Greek colonies later on. Secondly, between 750 and 550 B.C.E., a substantial amount of Greeks left their homelands to colonize in remote lands. The Greeks settled all across the Mediterranean which lead to the Greek culture being distributed throughout the Mediterranean. Colonization all across the Mediterranean helped advance a greater…

Often some of the greatest discoveries hold the greatest mysteries. Discovered by sponge divers in 1902, the Antikythera Mechanism, often thought of as the first underwater archaeology find, is no exception. Careful studies have dated this artefact to the first century B.C., but the artefact has the appearance and complexity of a much later time in history. Now believed to be an elaborate calendar and astronomical device, the Antikythera Mechanism harbours its mystery within its intricate inner…