WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Black Sea is the world’s most isolated sea-connected to the Oceans via the Mediterranean Sea through the Bosphorus, Dardanelle and Gibraltar straits and with the Sea of Azov in the northeast through the Kerch Strait .

Detailed explanation-2: -The Black Sea is bordered by 2 EU countries – Bulgaria and Romania – as well as Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine. Since Bulgaria and Romania joined the EU in 2007, the EU has strengthened regional cooperation with and between the countries surrounding the Black Sea.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Aegean is connected through the straits of the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara, and the Bosporus to the Black Sea, while the island of Crete can be taken as marking its boundary on the south.

Detailed explanation-4: -Greece consists of the southern part of the Balkan peninsula, and over 1000 surrounding islands in the Aegean Sea to the west, the Ionian sea to the east, both of which are part of the Mediterranean Sea.