Table of Contents
- 1 What is the eastern Mediterranean known as?
- 2 Which three major religions were founded in the eastern Mediterranean subregion?
- 3 What are some notable landforms of the Eastern Mediterranean?
- 4 What are important resources in the eastern Mediterranean?
- 5 What do the nations in this subregion need to do to develop their economies?
- 6 What effects did ww1 have on the Middle East?
What is the eastern Mediterranean known as?
This eastern Mediterranean region is commonly interpreted in two ways: The Levant, including its historically tied neighboring countries, Balkans and islands of Greece. The region of Syria with the island of Cyprus (also known as the Levant), Egypt, Greek Dodecanese and Anatolian Turkey.
What is the most valuable resource of the eastern Mediterranean?
The most valuable resource of the Eastern Mediterranean is water because it is so dry.
Which three major religions were founded in the eastern Mediterranean subregion?
The area is the birthplace of three major religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
What happened after ww1 that affected the subregion politically?
What happened after World War I that affected the subregion politically? The Ottoman Empire fell, and it was divided between Britain and France. Strains opposed Assad that began the civil war that is still going on.
What are some notable landforms of the Eastern Mediterranean?
The Anti-Lebanon Mountains, the Syrian Desert, the Jordan Rift Valley, and the Negev Desert are a few prominent landforms in the Eastern Mediterranean.
What ideas and innovations did ancient cultures in India and the Eastern Mediterranean develop?
Early civilizations developed bronze tools, the wheel, the sail, the plow, writing, and mathematics. These innovations spread through trade, wars, and the movement of peoples.
What are important resources in the eastern Mediterranean?
Over the past decade, significant natural gas deposits have been found in the Levant Basin of the eastern Mediterranean. A 2010 US Geological Survey estimat- ed that the Levant Basin may contain undiscovered oil resources of 1.7 billion barrels and undiscovered natural gas resources of 122 trillion cubic feet.
What are the main natural resources of the eastern Mediterranean?
Among the most important are water, forests, oil, gas, and minerals. Croatia is one of the less populated country and natural resources are well preserved. Forests make up 37% of the territory. Energy sources include: wood, hydro energy, coal, oil, natural gas and geothermal sources.
What do the nations in this subregion need to do to develop their economies?
develop their economies? They need more agricultural land. leaders in the subregion? Expand transportation, communication, power generators, and sanitation (Infrastructure.)
What countries are included in the subregion of the Eastern Mediterranean?
The Eastern Mediterranean subregion includes the countries of Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Israel, and the Palestinian territories. This area is also known as the Levant.
What effects did ww1 have on the Middle East?
The losses in the Middle East were staggering: the war not only ravaged the land and decimated armies, it destroyed whole societies and economies. In this way, the experience of World War I in the Middle East is perhaps more akin to the experience of World War II in Europe.
What physical geography of the eastern Mediterranean is unique?
Why is the Negev Desert geographically unique? It lies on top of fault lines and erosion craters dot the landscape.