Answer: Exchange of cultural ideas, innovations, and techniques.
The Mediterranean has been the central avenue of transport, cultural exchange and trade between Asia, Europe and Africa. It has been used throughout millennia by people as diverse as the Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Canaanite, Phoenician, Hebrew, Carthaginian, Greek, Persian, Thracian, Etruscan, Iberian, Roman, Byzantine, Bulgarian, Arab, Ottoman, Christian and Islamic cultures. Trade along the Mediterranean has not only brought economic growth, but also allowed for the exchange of ideas and innovations between these cultures.
