a city of Arabia Deserta, situated two hundred miles north-west of Mecca: in E. long. 40° 35'. N. lat. 24° 30'.

This is called the city of the prophet, on account of Mahomet's being received and protected by the inhabitant's on his flight hither from Mecca, where the Mahomitan era commences.

MEDITERRANEAN sea, extends from the straits of Gibraltar to the coasts of Syria and Palestine, being upwards of 2000 miles in length, but of a very unequal breadth; the west-part of it separates Europe from Africa; and the Levant or east-part of it divides Asia from Africa.