In 1995, the historic centre of Naples was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, a United Nations programme which aims to catalogue and conserve sites of outstanding cultural or natural importanc ...
Main articles: Magna Graecia and Ancient RomeA scene featuring the siren Parthenope, the mythological founder of Naples.The Phlegraean Fields around Naples has been inhabited since the Neolithic perio ...
Syracuse and its surrounding area have been inhabited since ancient times, as shown by the findings in the villages of Stentinello, Ognina, Plemmirio, Matrensa, Cozzo Pantano and Thapsos, which alread ...
Corsica is the least economically developed region in Metropolitan France. Tourism plays a big part in the Corsican economy. The island's climate, mountains, and coastlines make it popular among touri ...
The origin of the name Corsica is subject to much debate and remains a mystery. To the Ancient Greeks it was known as Kalliste, Corsis, Cyrnos, Cernealis, or Cirné. The latter Greek names are based o ...
Further information: LibuThe name Libya (in use since 1934 for the modern country formerly known as Tripolitania and Barca) was the Latin designation for the region of Northwest Africa, from the Greek ...
Southern France (or the south of France), colloquially known as le Midi, is a defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Marais Poitevin, ...
In Greek mythology, the name of Illyria is aetiologically traced to Illyrius, the son of Cadmus and Harmonia, who eventually ruled Illyria and became the eponymous ancestor of the Illyrians. A later v ...
Main article: History of TaganrogThe history of the city goes back to late Bronze Age–early Iron Age (between the 20th and 10th centuries BCE). It was the earliest Greek settlement in the Northern-We ...
Neanderthal settlement in Ukraine is seen in the Molodova archaeological sites (43,000-45,000 BC) which include a mammoth bone dwelling. Modern human settlement in Ukraine and its vicinity dates back ...
Short-term climatic variation in the Black Sea region is significantly influenced by the operation of the North Atlantic Oscillation, the climatic mechanisms resulting from the interaction between the ...
The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Black Sea as follows:On the Southwest. The Northeastern limit of the Sea of Marmara .In the Kertch Strait. A line joining Cape Tak ...
The surface salinity of the sea averages about 22 parts per thousand, which is slightly greater than that of the Black Sea but only about two-thirds that of most oceans. However, the water is much mor ...
The Ancient Greek historian, Herodotus (5th century BCE) claims that the city of Kourion, near present-day Limassol, was founded by Archaean settlers from Argos. He supports the discovery of a Late Br ...
Although constrained by land mass and topography, the amount of arable land, both regionally and globally, fluctuates due to human and climatic factors such as irrigation, deforestation, desertificati ...
