There are birds and insects and tropical animals like that.
Rome became dominant in the Western Meditterranean, and became entangled in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Twelve: Spain France Italy Greece Turkey Syria Lebanon Israel Egypt Libya Tunisia Morocco
Evaporation exceeds precipitation.
Marseilles is on the South coast of France close to the point where the River Rhone enters the Mediterranean.
I think, 18 places: Spain, France, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and finally Morocco.
* Rich area of the Middle East * Stretching from the Meditterranean Sea through Mesopotamia to the Persian Gulf * Fertile (because of the silt deposited from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers) Crescent (the arc shape) * Contains two main deserts: the Syrian Desert and the Arabian Desert * Known as the "birthplace of civilization
The Minoans concentrated solely on trading not on a military or fortifications.
It was Paul most likely. Even before that, there were people ''from every nation under heaven'' present on the day of Pentecost when the Holy spirit weas poured out and three thousand were saved. Undoubtedly these spread the Gospel truth around the Meditterranean and beyond when they returned home.
Spain, France, Italy, Slovenia, Bosnia, Montenegro (not sure if this is an independent country yet, if not, it's part of Serbia), Albania, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, (The Palestinian area of Gaza, not really a country on it's own, but many people would like it to be.), Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, not forgetting the islands - Malta, Cyprus. I've done this in the map in my head, not having an atlas in front of me, so you had better check it on a map.
In what time period? The Mediterranean (it also used to be called the "White Sea" by the Turks in medieval times) has been in use by people for tens of thousands of years, so it would help to narrow down the time period and/or people's you're talking about. In general, it's sometimes been called the birth of sea commerce, because of all the ancient cultures that used it to transport trade goods between nations. It's also provided a temperate climate, even during the Little Ice Age, and water in areas where there aren't usually much to be had (specifically along the southern shores), which has affected agriculture.
you mean what you mean