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The Mediterranean
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Bordering countries of the Mediterranean one
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Since the ancient world, Mediterranean civilizations, kneaded Eastern influences and historical crucible of the three great monotheistic religions, proceed initially of the control of the seas, the control of navigation and, of course, the trade. The spirit of conquest which animates the warriors and the merchants is seldom dissociable of a fight for the triumph of the faith. Also, Moslem conquests with the creation of the State of Israel, via the crusades, it is often the war, the pain and the intolerance which marked out the history of the people of the Mediterranean, sea which extends from Morocco in Spain via Israel, Lebanon and the southernmost fringe of France, broadside today by twenty and one country.


 
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