![]() ![]() ![]() Cyprus was annexed by several major powers like the Egyptians, Greeks, Persians, and Assyrians over the years due to its strategic location in the Mediterranean region. The island still retains some of the ancient settlements and water wells in a well-preserved state. The earliest known traces of human life in Cyprus dates back to the 10th millennium BC. CyprusĬyprus, the third most populous Mediterranean island is located in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. However, since the development of tourism on the island, the major urban centers of the modern day are all located along the coast and the interiors are sparsely populated. Several historical, geographical, and economic factors like repeated raids of the coastal areas by foreign troops, swampy nature of the coastal region, and more economic potential inland favored this trend in Sardinia. In the past, unlike the general trend observed in the case of most of the world’s islands, the major settlements in Sardinia were not along the coast but in the interiors and sub-coastal areas. The population density of the island is 69 persons per square km. Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy, hosts a population of 1,656,000. The island lies to the south of the Corsica island in the Western Mediterranean. Sardinia is the second most populous island in the Mediterranean Sea. Italian serves as the island’s major religion. Roman Catholicism is the religion of the majority in Sicily. The major immigrant groups include Romanians, Tunisians, Albanians, Sri Lankans, and Moroccans. Sicily has a present population of about 5,010,000 including a large number of immigrants (nearly 175,000). Several empires ruled Sicily at various points of time and even today, the island is inhabited by people of different cultures and ethnic origins like the Italians, Byzantines, Romans, Spaniards, Normans, Greeks, and others. From about 750 BC, the island was settled by the Greeks and the Phoenicians. The first evidence of human settlements in Sicily dates back to 12,000 BC. An autonomous region of Italy, Sicily is separated from the Italian Peninsula to the north by the Strait of Messina. Located in the central Mediterranean Sea, Sicily is the largest and most populous island in the water body. ![]() Here is a list of the most populated islands of the Mediterranean Sea. The Mediterranean Sea is dotted with several islands, large and small, which host a great diversity of population. The history of the Mediterranean is crucial to gaining knowledge about the development of settlements, societies, and cultures in the Asian, European, and African countries bordering the sea. The Mediterranean Sea is one of the largest water bodies on the Earth and has served as a strategic sea route since ancient times. ![]()
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