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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Observed surface forms (15)

Surface form	Occurrences
Levant	178
Southern Levant	13
southern Levant	3
the Levant	3
Coele-Syria	1
French Levant	1
Levant@en	1
Levantine coast	1
Northern Levant	1
Ottoman Syria	1
Roman province of Syria Palaestina	1
Syria (southwestern parts)	1
al-Sham	1
al-ʿArabiyya ash-Shāmiyya	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 (209)

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

Shami Arabic → alternativeName → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-ʿArabiyya ash-Shāmiyya

King of the Jews → associatedWithHistoricalRegion → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

House of Bread → associatedWithRegion → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Saint George of Lydda → birthPlace → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman province of Syria Palaestina

Arabian Peninsula → borderedBy → Levant region ⓘ

Northern Arabia → borders → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Thutmose III → campaignRegion → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

the Mountain of God → candidateLocation → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Levant

daric → circulatedIn → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

baba ghanoush → countryOfOrigin → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Idumaean → culturalRegion → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Perizzites → culturalRegion → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Department of Near Eastern Antiquities → focusesOn → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Levant

Ancient Near East collection → focusesOnRegion → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

shekel (weight-based) → geographicArea → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

chronicles of Fulcher of Chartres → geographicFocus → Levant region ⓘ

subject surface form: Chronicle of Fulcher of Chartres

this entity surface form: Levant

Gesta Francorum → geographicFocus → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Free French declaration of Syrian independence (1941) → geographicRegion → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Crusades → geographicScope → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Early Islamic period → geographicScope → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Ottoman Sunni Islamic institutions → geographicScope → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Levant

Ottoman culture → geographicalExtent → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Arabic literature → hasGeographicScope → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Levant region → hasHistoricalName → Levant region self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Sham

Late Bronze Age → hasLocation → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Neo-Assyrian expansion → hasLocation → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Late Antiquity → hasMajorRegion → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Levant region → hasNameInLanguage → Levant region self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant@en

Ancient Mediterranean world → hasPart → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levantine coast

Ptolemaic Kingdom → hasPart → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coele-Syria

Syriac Rite → hasPrimaryRegion → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Semitic languages → hasRegion → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Levant region → hasSubregion → Levant region self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Levant

Levant region → hasSubregion → Levant region self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Levant

Qurnat as Sawda → highestPointOf → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Aramaic → historicalRegion → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Arwad → historicalRegion → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Syria → historicalRegion → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

King Zedekiah of Judah → historicalRegion → Levant region ⓘ

subject surface form: Zedekiah

this entity surface form: Southern Levant

Galilee → historicalRegionOf → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman Syria

Middle Eastern theatre of World War I → includedRegion → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Pepi I Meryre → launchedMilitaryCampaignsIn → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Levant

Amman → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Ancient Israel → locatedIn → 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

Bethlehem → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Btourram → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Byblos → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant

Dead Sea → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levant