| The harbour at Suda Bay was the largest in the Mediterranean Sea and an ideal base for naval operations. |
| Also much of Spain was infertile land and the more fertile land near the Mediterranean Sea was not ploughed due to the fear of pirates. |
| The Russian navy relies on the Syrian port Tartus for access to the Mediterranean Sea. |
| Temperate carbonates were deposited in the Carboneras Basin, a small embayment of the Mediterranean Sea, during the early Pliocene. |
| The Axumites and the Romans became economic partners who controlled the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea trades, respectively. |
| Population genetic structures of the mackerel and chub mackerel were studied in the Mediterranean Sea. |
