Water is scarce in the region and therefore a precious commodity. Control of the existing water sources such as rivers can cause political problems when one country diverts water sources that are also needed by other countries.
"Most Eastern Mediterranean cruises launch from Piraeus and usually finish their cruise in Rome. Alternatively however, sometimes they will switch and go from Rome to Piraeus."
Yes.
Turkish Empire
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Eastern Columbia Building was created in 1930.
Rome's supremacy in the Western Mediterranean and a springboard to the Eastern Mediterannean.
Rome gained control of the Western Mediterranean and a foothold in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Rome eliminated its rival for control of the Western Mediterranean, and moved on to gain control of the Eastern Mediterranean.
It gained control of the Western Mediterranean and a foothold in the Eastern Mediterranean.
because that's where Jerusalem was and the start of Christianity was there, and it was very wealthy there because of it's trade at the time.
Rome gained control of the Western Mediterranean, and with this expanded strength, turned its attention to the Eastern Mediterranean.
It gave Rome dominance in the Western Mediterranean, and began its embroilent in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Having gained ascendancy over the Western Mediterranean, the became increasingly embroiled in the affairs of the Eastern Mediterranean.
the eastern Mediterranean is a mostly dry region
It gained dominance of the Western Mediterranean.
The never was/is a Roman peninsula. Rome was/is in the Italian peninsula. Italy has lies in between the western basin and the eastern basin of the Mediterranean. This made it easier for the Romans to expand into both the western and the eastern Mediterranean and to control both basins of the Mediterranean.
They were not civil wars - they were wars between rivals for control of the Western Mediterranean, which Rome won and moved on into the Eastern Mediterranean.