Eastern Mediterranean
Topic: Place
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The Eastern Mediterranean[1][2][3][4] 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.[5][6] It includes the southern half of Turkey's main region, Anatolia; its smaller Hatay Province; the island of Cyprus;[7] the Greek Dodecanese islands; and the countries of Syria,[8] Lebanon, Israel,[8] Palestine[8] and Egypt.[9]
Although Jordan does not border the Mediterranean Sea, it is sometimes included in broader Levantine or Eastern Mediterranean frameworks for historical, cultural, or political analysis, [8][10] as is sometimes Saudi Arabia[8] - Jordan and the Saudis not least for their involvement in the Arab-Israeli conflict.[7] In its broadest use, the term can encompass the Libyan Sea (thus Libya[10]), the rest of Greece and Turkey[8][10] (the Aegean Sea with European Turkey and the Greek mainland and remaining islands), and the Ionian Sea (thus Southern Albania in Southeast Europe)[citation needed] and can extend west to Italy's farthest south-eastern coasts.[citation needed]
Regions
The 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.[11]
The World Health Organization (WHO) divides the world into six WHO regions, for the purposes of reporting, analysis and administration. In this context, the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) is one of those six WHO regions.
Countries
The countries and territories of the Eastern Mediterranean include Cyprus, Turkey (Anatolia), its smaller Hatay Province, the Greek Dodecanese islands, and the countries of Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Egypt.
North-eastern Mediterranean has been put to print as a term for the Greater Balkans: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece,[7][10] Slovenia, North Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Romania.[8] A five-author statistics-rich study of 2019 has sought to add Moldova and Ukraine beyond, which others link more to the Black Sea's economy and history.[8] The three-word term is mainly a complex euphemism for the Balkan peninsula used by those who stigmatise the word "Balkanisation" and to suggest parallels with other conflicts of the Eastern Mediterranean.[8]
The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean includes the Eastern Mediterranean as well as the other regions of contiguous Afro-Eurasia: West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.[12]
See also
- The region of Syria
- Fertile Crescent
- Indo-Mediterranean
- Near East
- Ancient Near East
- Names of the Levant
- Eastern Mediterranean University
- List of Mediterranean countries
- Mediterranean Basin
- WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
- Greater Middle East
References
- ↑ "Eastern Mediterranean Political Map". National Geographic Store. National Geographic Society. http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/ngs/product/maps/wall-maps/countries-and-region-maps/eastern-mediterranean-political-map.
- ↑ Gore, Rick (17 October 2002). Clark, Robert. ed. "Ancient Ashkelon". National Geographic Magazine (National Geographic Society). http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/features/world/asiaashkelon-text.html. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ↑ Franks, Tim (6 November 2011). ": Internal influence driving change". BBC News (BBC). https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15479879.
- ↑ Orfalea, Gregory (2006). The Arab Americans: A History. Northampton, MA: Olive Branch Press. p. 249. ISBN 9781566565974. https://archive.org/details/arabamericans00greg.
- ↑ "Which Countries Have A Coastline On The Levantine Sea?". 2019-03-27. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/which-countries-have-a-coastline-on-the-levantine-sea.html.
- ↑ "Levant | Meaning, Countries, Map, & Facts | Britannica" (in en). 2025-07-22. https://www.britannica.com/place/Levant.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Diez, Thomas (28 September 2018). The European Union and the Cyprus Conflict: Modern Conflict, Postmodern Union. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719060793. https://books.google.com/books?id=A4QTUWBEC2kC&pg=PA35.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 Brauch, Hans Günter; Liotta, Peter H.; Selim, Mohammad El-Sayed; Rogers, Paul F. (2018). Security and Environment in the Mediterranean: conceptualising security and environmental conflicts: with 177 figures and 144 tables. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783540401070. https://books.google.com/books?id=XvnEatBzEU8C&pg=PA607. Retrieved 23 April 2026.
- ↑ The Report: Egypt 2010. Oxford Business Group. ISBN 9781907065170. https://books.google.com/books?id=fyTZkEUNIHoC&pg=PA13. Retrieved 23 April 2026.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Springer-Verlag (28 September 2018). Mediterranean Climate: Variability and Trends. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783540438380. https://books.google.com/books?id=JyVzuUzdASoC&pg=PA148.
- ↑ "The Growing Alignment Between the Gulf and the Eastern Mediterranean" (in en). https://www.mei.edu/publications/growing-alignment-between-gulf-and-eastern-mediterranean.
- ↑ Hassan Salah and Michael Kidd. Family Practice in the Eastern Mediterranean Region:Primary Health Care for Universal Health Coverage, CRC Press, April 8, 2019
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