. The Romans bequeathed a Mediterranean trade network to medieval southern France. Salvian, Caesarius of Arles, and Gregory of Tours mentioned Syrian, Jewish, and Greek merchants in Mediterranean French towns in the 5th and 6th centuries, indicating a...

Composite satellite image of the Mediterranean Sea. The Mediterranean is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia. It covers an approximate area of 2.5...