Wikipedia's first sentence called it “term that denotes the lands or states geographically in the eastern”. Today it says “loosely delimited region comprising the easternmost portion of the mediterranean sea”.
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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023
Countries that are geographically located to the east of the Mediterranean Sea Aerial view of the Eastern Mediterranean Eastern Mediterranean is a loose definition of the eastern approximate half , or third, of the Mediterranean Sea , often defined as the countries around the Levantine Sea .1It typically embraces all of that sea's coastal zones, referring to communities connected with the sea and land greatly climatically influenced.2 It includes the southern half of Turkey's main region Anatolia , its smaller Hatay Province , the island of Cyprus , the Greek Dodecanese islands, and the countries of Egypt , Israel , Jordan , Palestine , Syria and Lebanon . Its broadest uses can encompass the Libyan Sea (thus Libya ), the Aegean Sea (thus European Turkey and the mainland and islands of Greece ), the Ionian Sea (thus southern Albania in Southeastern Europe ), and can extend west to Italy 's farthest south-eastern coasts. Jordan is climatically and economically part of the region. The Arab Americans: A History . The Report: Egypt 2010 . Security and Environment in the Mediterranean: conceptualising security and environmental conflicts : with 177 figures and 144 tables . Mediterranean Climate: Variability and Trends .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Eastern Mediterranean (with Syria , Cyprus , Lebanon , Israel , Palestine , and Jordan highlighted.) The Eastern Mediterranean is a term that denotes the lands or states geographically in the eastern, to the east of, or around the east of the Mediterranean Sea , or with cultural affinities to this region. The Eastern Mediterranean includes Cyprus , Syria , Lebanon , Palestine , Israel , and Jordan . This region is also known as the Levant or Fertile Crescent .
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The Eastern Mediterranean denotes the countries geographically to the east of the Mediterranean Sea .This region is commonly interpreted in two ways; the region of Syria plus Cyprus (also known as the Levant ) which limits the definition to Western Asia , or the Levant plus Greece, Turkey, and Egypt, thereby including European and African components to the definition.The eastern Mediterranean populations share not only geographic position, but cuisine, certain customs, and a very long intertwined history.
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The Eastern Mediterranean denotes the region in the east of the Mediterranean Sea (the Levantine Sea ) in Western Asia .It includes the region of Syria (in the Levant ), the island of Cyprus , Anatolia , and Egypt .A broader definition may also include European Turkey (East Thrace), Greece , and Albania in Southeast Europe into the region.Its people share cuisine, customs and a long, intertwined history.
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Countries that are geographically located to the east of the Mediterranean Sea Aerial view of the Eastern Mediterranean The Eastern Mediterranean is a loosely delimited region comprising the easternmost portion of the Mediterranean Sea , and well as the adjoining land—often defined as the countries around the Levantine Sea . It includes the southern half of Turkey 's main region, Anatolia ; its smaller Hatay Province ; the island of Cyprus ; the Greek Dodecanese islands; and the countries of Egypt , Israel , Jordan , Palestine , Syria and Lebanon . Its broadest uses can encompass the Libyan Sea (thus Libya ), the Aegean Sea (thus European Turkey and the mainland and islands of Greece ), and the Ionian Sea (thus southern Albania in Southeast Europe ) and can extend west to Italy 's farthest south-eastern coasts. Jordan is climatically and economically part of the region. The Arab Americans: A History . The Report: Egypt 2010 . Security and Environment in the Mediterranean: conceptualising security and environmental conflicts : with 177 figures and 144 tables . Mediterranean Climate: Variability and Trends .
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Then
term that denotes the lands or states geographically in the eastern
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loosely delimited region comprising the easternmost portion of the mediterranean sea
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