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Eastern Mediterranean

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Also known as Ανατολική Μεσόγειος

region that is geographically located to the east of the Mediterranean Sea

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Encyclopedic overview

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 Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine and Egypt.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eastern Mediterranean” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.