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"Near east" versus "mediterranean"?

Asked by Abby (116points) May 24th, 2007
Are these terms the same? if not, how are they different? specifically, when describing food.
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academic distinction having to do with certain time periods.
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the mediterranean includes all of mediterranean europe incl. italy, greece, spain, portugal, while the near-east refers mostly to the arab world.
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the middle east, just to confuse the issue, is a political invention.
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Also delicious French food as well as Moroccan, Egyptian, Algerian, Israeli, Turkish, Tunisian... a lot of similar crops grown (olives) and fthe same fish caught.
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gailcalled, I love your culinary answer
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