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Gandía

(Encyclopedia)Gandía gändēˈä [key], town, Valencia prov., E Spain, in a fertile garden region near the ...

Levant

(Encyclopedia)Levant ləvăntˈ [key] [Ital.,=east], collective name for the countries of the eastern shore of the Mediterranean from Egypt to, and including, Turkey. The divisions of the French mandate over Syria ...

Venice

(Encyclopedia)Venice vĕnˈĭs [key], Ital. Venezia, city (1991 pop. 309,422), capital of Venetia and of Venice prov., NE Italy, built on 118 alluvial islets within a lagoon in the Gulf of Venice (an arm of the Adr...

Fertile Crescent

(Encyclopedia)Fertile Crescent, historic region of the Middle East. A well-watered and fertile area, it arcs across the northern part of the Syrian desert. It is flanked on the west by the Mediterranean and on the ...

terrace

(Encyclopedia)terrace, a level field built on top of a hillslope into the floor of a deep valley to improve cultivation of crops. Terracing uses the runoff from the hill to increase soil retentiveness and arability...

Languedoc

(Encyclopedia)Languedoc läNgdôkˈ [key], region and former province, S France, bounded by the foot of the Pyrenees, the upper Garonne River, the Auvergne Mts., the Rhône, and the Mediterranean. It comprises the ...

Alicante

(Encyclopedia)Alicante älēkänˈtā [key], city, capital of Alicante prov., SE Spain, in Valencia. A Mediterranean port, it has exports of wine, oil, cereals, fruit, and esparto from ...

Apis

(Encyclopedia)Apis āˈpĭs [key], in Egyptian religion, sacred bull of Memphis, said to be the incarnation of Osiris or of Ptah. His worship spread throughout the Mediterranean world and was particularly important...

Ibiza

(Encyclopedia)Ibiza ēvēˈthä [key], island, 221 sq mi (572 sq km), Baleares prov., Spain, third largest ...

Genoa

(Encyclopedia)Genoa jĕnˈōwə [key], Ital. Genova, city, capital of Genoa prov. and of Liguria, NW Italy,...