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The Mediterranean Sea has been a major setting for ancient, medieval, and modern history. Early coastal societies used the sea for fishing, trade, settlement, and navigation. Ancient Egyptian, Phoenician, Greek, Carthaginian, Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Ottoman, and European powers all used Mediterranean routes for commerce, military movement, administration, and cultural exchange.

During the Roman period, the sea connected the provinces and cities of the [[Roman Empire]]. Ports, roads, grain routes, naval bases, and administrative centers developed around the Mediterranean basin. Later, the sea remained important to Byzantine, Islamic, Italian, Spanish, French, Ottoman, and other regional systems.

During the Roman period, the sea connected the provinces and cities of the Roman Empire. Ports, roads, grain routes, naval bases, and administrative centers developed around the Mediterranean basin. Later, the sea remained important to Byzantine, Islamic, Italian, Spanish, French, Ottoman, and other regional systems.

In the modern period, the Mediterranean remained important for shipping, migration, naval planning, energy transport, tourism, and communication between Europe, Africa, and Asia. The opening of the Suez Canal increased its connection to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, making it part of a wider route between Europe and Asia.

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 The Mediterranean Sea has been a major setting for ancient, medieval, and modern history. Early coastal societies used the sea for fishing, trade, settlement, and navigation. Ancient Egyptian, Phoenician, Greek, Carthaginian, Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Ottoman, and European powers all used Mediterranean routes for commerce, military movement, administration, and cultural exchange.
-During the Roman period, the sea connected the provinces and cities of the [[Roman Empire]]. Ports, roads, grain routes, naval bases, and administrative centers developed around the Mediterranean basin. Later, the sea remained important to Byzantine, Islamic, Italian, Spanish, French, Ottoman, and other regional systems.
+During the Roman period, the sea connected the provinces and cities of the Roman Empire. Ports, roads, grain routes, naval bases, and administrative centers developed around the Mediterranean basin. Later, the sea remained important to Byzantine, Islamic, Italian, Spanish, French, Ottoman, and other regional systems.
 In the modern period, the Mediterranean remained important for shipping, migration, naval planning, energy transport, tourism, and communication between Europe, Africa, and Asia. The opening of the Suez Canal increased its connection to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, making it part of a wider route between Europe and Asia.
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