Levant region

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cultural region geographical region historical region

The Levant region is a historical and geographical area in the Eastern Mediterranean encompassing parts of modern-day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, and surrounding territories, known as a crossroads of ancient civilizations and trade routes.

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All labels observed (21)

Label	Occurrences
Levant	649
Southern Levant	28
southern Levant	16
the Levant	9
Levant region canonical	5
Northern Levant	2
Coele-Syria	1
French Levant	1
Lebanon region	1
Levant (probable)	1
Levant@en	1
Levantine coast	1
Northern Palestine	1
Ottoman Syria	1
Roman province of Syria Palaestina	1
Syria (southwestern parts)	1
Syria–Lebanon	1
al-Sham	1
al-ʿArabiyya ash-Shāmiyya	1
northern Levant	1
southwestern Syria	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region ⓘ geographical region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
borders	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
climate	Mediterranean climate along coast ⓘ semi-arid to arid inland ⓘ
hasEtymology	derived from French word "levant" meaning "rising" (of the sun) ⓘ
hasFeature	coastal plains ⓘ mountain ranges ⓘ rift valley system ⓘ
hasHistoricalName	Levant region self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: al-Sham
hasLanguageFamilyHistorically	Semitic languages ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Aleppo ⓘ Amman ⓘ Beirut ⓘ Damascus ⓘ Haifa ⓘ Jaffa ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ Tripoli ⓘ surface form: Tripoli (Lebanon)
hasMajorRiver	Jordan River ⓘ Litani River ⓘ Orontes River ⓘ
hasMajorSea	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
hasModernLanguages	Arabic ⓘ Aramaic (minority) ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
hasModernReligions	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
hasNameInLanguage	Bilad al-Sham@ar ⓘ Levant region self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Levant@en
hasSubregion	Levant region self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northern Levant Levant region self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Southern Levant
includesTerritoryOf	Israel ⓘ Jordan ⓘ Lebanon ⓘ Palestinian territories ⓘ Syria ⓘ
isCradleOf	Arameans ⓘ surface form: Aramaean states Canaanite cultures ⓘ Phoenician civilization ⓘ ancient Israelite kingdoms ⓘ
isImportantFor	history of Christianity ⓘ history of Islam ⓘ history of Judaism ⓘ
knownAs	Eastern Mediterranean littoral ⓘ
knownFor	being crossroads of ancient civilizations ⓘ long history of urban civilization ⓘ major trade routes between Africa Asia and Europe ⓘ maritime trade in antiquity ⓘ religious and cultural diversity ⓘ
locatedIn	Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
overlapsWith	Cyprus ⓘ northern Iraq ⓘ southern Turkey ⓘ
partOf	Middle East ⓘ
traversedBy	King's Highway (ancient route) ⓘ ancient trade route Via Maris ⓘ
wasPartOf	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Byzantine Empire ⓘ Crusader states ⓘ Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Referenced by (724)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arabian Peninsula → borderedBy → Levant region ⓘ

Jerusalem → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Bethlehem → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Syriac Rite → hasPrimaryRegion → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Druze → originatesFrom → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Syria → historicalRegion → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Lebanon → region → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Galilee → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Galilee → historicalRegionOf → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman Syria

King Zedekiah of Judah → historicalRegion → Levant region ⓘ

subject surface form: Zedekiah

this entity surface form: Southern Levant

Tyropoeon Valley → region → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Iron Age → occursIn → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Semitic languages → hasRegion → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Levant

Byzantine Empire → region → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Canaan → partOf → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Canaan → overlapsWith → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: southwestern Syria

Ramallah → region → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Bab al-Rahma Cemetery → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Bronze Age → occursIn → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Jordan → partOf → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Knights Hospitaller → regionOfActivity → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Silk Road routes → passesThrough → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Islamic Caliphates → territoryIncludes → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Hasmonean dynasty → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Dead Sea → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Amman → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Late Antiquity → hasMajorRegion → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Hellenistic kingdoms → territoryIncludes → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Ancient Near East collection → focusesOnRegion → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Ottoman Turkish → primaryRegion → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Levant

Pharaonic Egypt → tradePartner → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

First Crusade → location → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Principality of Antioch → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Ptolemaic Kingdom → hasPart → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coele-Syria

House of Hashim → region → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Aramaic → historicalRegion → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Saint George of Lydda → birthPlace → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman province of Syria Palaestina

Mount of Olives → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Syrian Civil War → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Holy Land → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Holy Land → overlapsWith → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Levant

Holy Land → modernTerritoryIncludes → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syria (southwestern parts)

Idumea → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Levant

Smyrna → partOf → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Fatimid Caliphate → region → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Mamluk rulers of Egypt → territorialExtent → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Moabite → region → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant