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As a result, it excluded other perspectives of how Western civilization developed, such as those of the Jewish and Muslim faiths, women and lower-class peoples throughout Europe and the Mediterranean, ...

Around 30 millions years ago, the Western Mediterranean basin opened as a result of the tectonic collision of the African and Eurasian plates. This geologic event was the starting point for the ...

An image circulating on social media shows the Mediterranean Sea superimposed on a map of the U.S., not the potential results of sea-level rise.

Explained: Melilla, Ceuta, and the western Mediterranean migration route The Spanish enclaves have previously been criticised by human rights agencies over reports of excessive force ...

A submerged bridge made by ancient humans has been discovered in a Spanish cave, revealing human colonisation of the western Mediterranean happened much earlier than previously thought.

Maps of ocean currents and salinity show that salinity is lower in water masses moving around the southern area than in those circulating around the northern part of the Western Mediterranean.