Mediterranean cuisine is some of my favorite, since I love stuff like pita and hummus.
Its so good! it was started by the people of the  Mediterranean Basin region, especially those of Southern Europe.
That's cool, what does a lot of Mediterranean cuisine consist of?
Well there are three core elements the olive, wheat and the grape
That makes sense, they seem to love their wine and their olive oil over there.
O yeah! But because of the location they also love to implement  lamb, mutton, and other local ingredients into the cuisine 
Must be why they love gyro meat over there, since a lot of the time it is made of largely lamb.
Because of the region a wide variety of cultures and influenced the cuisine!