Levant region

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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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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

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Jabal al-Druze locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Ottoman period appliesToTerritory Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Daliyat al-Karmel subregion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Ghor locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Dead Sea Transform fault passesThrough Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Fertile Crescent hasPart Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Citadel of Aleppo region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Halab partOf Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Beroea partOf Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Aleppo Governorate locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
al-Assad regionOfInfluence Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Ḥimṣ partOf Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Church of Saint Elian locatedInRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Latakia Bay region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Khan al-Wazir region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Wadi Qelt region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Battle of Megiddo (15th century BCE) place Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Latakia Governorate partOf Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Shia Arabs historicalRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Great Mosque of Ramla region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Wadi al-Arish historicallyMarkedBoundaryBetween Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Cilix regionOfActivity Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Nur ad-Din Zangi region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Muḥāfaẓat Dimashq locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Barada River basin hydrologicalRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
David Ussishkin regionOfActivity Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Treaty of Jaffa tookPlaceIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Amnon Ben-Tor regionStudied Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Raymond III of Tripoli region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Al-Aziz Uthman sphereOfInfluence Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Al-Ma'arri region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Ibn al-Quff regionOfOrigin Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Qasr al-Mshatta region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Sultan of Syria region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Guy of Lusignan activeIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Divided Monarchy period locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Iron Age II mainRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Iron Age II mainRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Southern Levant
Daric regionOfInfluence Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
necropolis of the Kidron Valley locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
County of Tripoli locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Emir of Homs region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Krak de l’Hospital region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Nabatieh District locatedInRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Jabal Amel locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
King of Assyria militaryCampaignsDirectedAt Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Šarru-kīn II regionRuled Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Sargonid dynasty territorialExtent Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Eighth Dynasty of Assyria territoryIncludes Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant