Mediterranean Sea

Safe passage to Cambodia would be guaranteed -- no one could touch them. The Fabachers could pretty much tell Stevie and the feds, investors, plus everyone else to go jump off a bridge and that was exactly what they intended to do. But everything depended on the rendezvous point. Getting to that spot would be harder than they thought -- three of the four people on the yacht wanted the other three dead. THE THIEVES HAD nearly a hundred million dollars, as well as merchandise scattered all…

Just south of Europe is Italy, best known as the boot on the map. Italy might also be known as one of the biggest peninsulas.This gives them a nice mixture of mountains and elegant lands. Not only are there famous geographic sights but there are also many cities filled with things for a tourist to see. Saying that is great is understatement because there are also festivals for their culture and religion. The influential part that Italy had gotten from Etruscans and Greeks made their art and…

her. Zeus falls in love with the beauty of Europa, so in order for him to pursue this love he takes the form of a strong and elegant white bull. Europa was infatuated with this bull and climbs on top of it. Zeus then runs away with her across the sea to Crete and impregnates her.…

Unlike later colonizers these first groups were agriculturalists in search of cultivatable land. These initial colonizers would later lay the foundation for colonial expansion throughout the Mediterranean (Gwynne, 1918:92; Hodos, 2009:226; Pomeroy et al., 2004:66). By 733 BCE the colonial settlements of Syracuse on the island of Sicily and Corcyra on the island of Corfu were established (Figure 4; Cabanes, 2008; Graham, 1983; Hammond, 1992:31;…

Many people wish that they can have the opportunity to travel and experience new destinations, cultures, and food. If I had a ticket to anywhere I desire, I would get on a cru ship and travel to Greece. I would want to travel to Greece because I would want to experience the culture, beautiful views, and the amazing food. The first thing that I would do is take a cru ship to get to Greece. While on the ship I would take full advantage different activities. I would go out onto the deck of the…

800 BCE. The Tiber provides constant source of water for Rome. Since they are positioned in the middle of the Seven Hills, Rome was safe from the floods of the Tiber and able to defend themselves. The Italian peninsula take up the center of the Mediterranean basin. Italy is protected by the Alps. The Apennines leave two broad and fertile plains which were Latium and Campania. The plains attracted a lot of settlers. Rome developed great resources of Latium and maintained with the rest of Italy. …

Italy has an interesting geography that is unique to it. For example, its absolute location is 42 N, 12 E. Italy borders France to the west, Switzerland and Austria to the north, and Slovakia to the east. Italy’s area is 301,340 square kilometers and is slightly larger than Arizona (Italy CIA). Italy has many rivers and the longest of them, the Po, stretches across the northern part of Italy, which is mostly plains. Italy has more than 1,000 bodies of water with many of them are small lakes…

The berbers tribe in Morocco are one of the largest tribes on this planet consisting of approximately 40 percent of Morocco's population of 32 million people (1). Although up to 80 percent of the country’s population reportedly has some degree of native Berber blood in their family (1). Morocco itself has is scattered with ride-ranging mountains, a vast coastline, while having a subtropical climate which at times can prove to be a challenge to thrive in such an environment especially when…

Thera, or the modern day island, Santorini is located in the Aegean Sea, about 200km south east from the mainland of Greece and 70km south of Crete. It is the southern most member of the Cyclades group of islands, with an area of approximately 73km squared. Thera was devastated by one of the largest volcanic eruptions of the last seven thousand years around 3,500 years ago. The volcanic eruption left a large caldera surrounded by ash deposits hundreds of feet deep, and its effects may have…

climate found in the Middle East is an Arid (desert) climate. Countries that have this climate are Saudi Arabia, Western Sahara, Niger, Egypt, and Oman. The Mediterranean climate is less dominant than most climate regions located in the Middle East. The Mediterranean climate region is close to large bodies of water for example the Mediterranean Sea. Countries that have this climate region are Morocco, Lebanon, Turkey, and Iraq. (“Climate and Vegetation Map” on page 362.) These different climate…