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The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa and on the east by the Levant.
Causation I think if I have the right meaning
The three enlightened monarchs of the 18th century were:
1. Joseph II of the Holy Roman Empire
2. Catherine the Great of Russia
3. Frederick the Great of Prussia
They hoped to gain wealth and land