Individual #Mediterranean_Sea__Mediterranean  the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia
  instance of:  sea
  equal:  mare_nostrum
  part of:  Mediterranean_region
  part:  Cyprus  an island in the eastern Mediterranean
     part:  Republic_of_Cyprus__Cyprus  a country on the island of Cyprus; 80% of the people are of Greek origin and 20% or Turkish origin
        part:  Nicosia__capital_of_Cyprus  the capital and largest city of Cyprus
  part:  Crete__Kriti  the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC
  part:  Egadi_Islands__Aegadean_Isles__Aegadean_Islands__Isole_Egadi__Aegates  a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean
  part:  Sardinia__Sardegna  an island in the Mediterranean west of Italy
  part:  Sicilia__Sicily  the largest island in the Mediterranean
     part:  siege_of_Syracuse__Syracuse  the Athenian siege of Syracuse (415-413 BC) was eventually won by Syracuse
     part:  siege_of_Syracuse.siege__siegeofsyracuse__Syracuse  the Roman siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC) was eventually won by the Romans who sacked the city (killing Archimedes)
  part:  Corsica__Corse  an island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France
  part:  Malta  a strategically located island south of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea
     part:  Republic_of_Malta__Malta  a republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964
        part:  Valletta__Valetta__capital_of_Malta  the capital of Malta; located on the northeastern coast of the island
  part:  Abukir_Bay__Abukir  a bay on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt
  part:  Adriatic_Sea__Adriatic  an arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west
  part:  Aegean_Sea__Aegean  an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia
     part:  Aegean_island  an island in the Aegean Sea
     part:  Lemnos__Limnos  a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea; famous for a reddish-brown clay that has medicinal properties
  part:  Gulf_of_Antalya  a gulf of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Turkey
  part:  Gulf_of_Sidra  wide inlet of the Mediterranean Sea on the north coast of Libya
  part:  Ionian_Sea  an arm of the Mediterranean Sea between western Greece and southern Italy
     part:  Gulf_of_Corinth__Gulf_of_Lepanto  inlet of the Ionian Sea between central Greece and the Peloponnesus
  part:  Ligurian_Sea  an arm of the Mediterranean between northwest Italy and Corsica

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