Talk: Mediterranean Sea
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Obsolete map
The map on this page is obsolete. It features Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Soviet Union, both of which dissolved in the early 1990s. --Romanm 19:25, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- I noticed this yesterday and fixed it :) --Joy [shallot] 15:10, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Mediterranean flood
Some sources say that the current mediterranean sea was created 5-8 million years ago when the natural dam at Gibraltar was breached. See fx flood. That should be mentioned in this article. Does anyone have any good links about that subject? Thue 16:25, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- Fixed - I reworded that paragraph completely with info from the book Noah's Flood. andy 17:26, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Middle earth
An anonymous contributor added the following:
- Europe was probably formerly called Mediterranea (Middle Earth) before the Romans conquered it, and renamed it Europe after the goddess Europa. The Mediterranean Sea was named after the land next to it, as seas often are.
I am not aware of the basis for this, but please reinstate if you can find some support for it . -- ALoan (Talk) 22:55, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Mare Nostrum
Hi. There is no explanation in the article as to why the Romans called the Mediterranean "Mare Nostrum" (Our Sea). The name was a referrence to the fact that at that point in history Rome ruled all the land bordering the sea. Obviously, the name only came into being once such a conquest was achieved (in the 2nd century A.D., if I'm not mistaken). I'm uncertain whether this should be added to this article or if the article "Mare Nostrum", which is currently a redirect to this article, should be made into a main article concerning this very specific name given to the Mediterranean. Any thoughts? Regards, Redux 16:41, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
