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The Middle of the Earth, one of…
The Middle of the Earth, one of the twelve divisions of the globe, encompasses Africa down to its subcontinent, the lands and seas of the Mediterranean Basin and the Red Sea, the Canary Islands, and the Cape Verde Islands.
The northwestern boundary extends from south-central Germany along the Swiss border, encompassing all Swiss cities except Basel. It then separates southern France from northern France, continues through Spain, and divides Portugal at Setúbal, marking a north-south division within both countries. The boundary then extends into the Atlantic Ocean, where it distinguishes Madeira (a Portuguese territory) from the Canary Islands (ruled by Spain).
The northeastern boundary separates Alpine Austria from the rest of the country, then moves through the Balkans, roughly following the borders between:
- Hungary and Slovenia,
- Serbia and Croatia,
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Kosovo,
- Bulgaria and North Macedonia,
- Turkey-in-Europe and Greece.
From there, the line continues through western Turkey and Cyprus, dividing Syria and most of Lebanon from Israel and most of Jordan, and marking the separation between western and eastern Arabia.
The southeastern boundary follows the historic division between North and South Yemen, then extends through eastern Africa, delineating Mozambique from Zambia.
HistoryAtlas contains 18,610 entries for the Middle of The Earth from the Paleolithic period to 1899.Narrow results by searching for a word or phrase or select from one or more of a dozen filters.
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The Middle of The Earth
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{# Image navigates to the detail page; the magnifying-glass chip is the only Fancybox lightbox trigger (kept a separate sibling — anchors can't nest). #}
The Near and Middle East
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{# Image navigates to the detail page; the magnifying-glass chip is the only Fancybox lightbox trigger (kept a separate sibling — anchors can't nest). #}
Southeast Europe
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{# Image navigates to the detail page; the magnifying-glass chip is the only Fancybox lightbox trigger (kept a separate sibling — anchors can't nest). #}
Central Europe
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{# Image navigates to the detail page; the magnifying-glass chip is the only Fancybox lightbox trigger (kept a separate sibling — anchors can't nest). #}
West Europe
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{# Image navigates to the detail page; the magnifying-glass chip is the only Fancybox lightbox trigger (kept a separate sibling — anchors can't nest). #}
East Africa
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{# Image navigates to the detail page; the magnifying-glass chip is the only Fancybox lightbox trigger (kept a separate sibling — anchors can't nest). #}
Middle Africa
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{# Image navigates to the detail page; the magnifying-glass chip is the only Fancybox lightbox trigger (kept a separate sibling — anchors can't nest). #}
West Africa
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{# Image navigates to the detail page; the magnifying-glass chip is the only Fancybox lightbox trigger (kept a separate sibling — anchors can't nest). #}
North Africa
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{# Image navigates to the detail page; the magnifying-glass chip is the only Fancybox lightbox trigger (kept a separate sibling — anchors can't nest). #}
Southwest Europe
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{# Image navigates to the detail page; the magnifying-glass chip is the only Fancybox lightbox trigger (kept a separate sibling — anchors can't nest). #}
South Atlantic
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{# Image navigates to the detail page; the magnifying-glass chip is the only Fancybox lightbox trigger (kept a separate sibling — anchors can't nest). #}
Macaronesia
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{# Image navigates to the detail page; the magnifying-glass chip is the only Fancybox lightbox trigger (kept a separate sibling — anchors can't nest). #}
Northern South Atlantic
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{# Image navigates to the detail page; the magnifying-glass chip is the only Fancybox lightbox trigger (kept a separate sibling — anchors can't nest). #}
Middle Africa
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{# Image navigates to the detail page; the magnifying-glass chip is the only Fancybox lightbox trigger (kept a separate sibling — anchors can't nest). #}
West Africa
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{# Image navigates to the detail page; the magnifying-glass chip is the only Fancybox lightbox trigger (kept a separate sibling — anchors can't nest). #}
Interior East Africa
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{# Image navigates to the detail page; the magnifying-glass chip is the only Fancybox lightbox trigger (kept a separate sibling — anchors can't nest). #}
Near East
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{# Image navigates to the detail page; the magnifying-glass chip is the only Fancybox lightbox trigger (kept a separate sibling — anchors can't nest). #}
Western Southeast Europe
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{# Image navigates to the detail page; the magnifying-glass chip is the only Fancybox lightbox trigger (kept a separate sibling — anchors can't nest). #}
South Central Europe
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{# Image navigates to the detail page; the magnifying-glass chip is the only Fancybox lightbox trigger (kept a separate sibling — anchors can't nest). #}
Mediterranean West Europe
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{# Image navigates to the detail page; the magnifying-glass chip is the only Fancybox lightbox trigger (kept a separate sibling — anchors can't nest). #}
Mediterranean Southwest Europe
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{# Image navigates to the detail page; the magnifying-glass chip is the only Fancybox lightbox trigger (kept a separate sibling — anchors can't nest). #}
North Africa
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{# Image navigates to the detail page; the magnifying-glass chip is the only Fancybox lightbox trigger (kept a separate sibling — anchors can't nest). #}
Southern Macaronesia
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