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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Bull El region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Father of Years associatedRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Damascus–Baghdad road region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Shalim worshipRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Hammoud hasRegionOfUse Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Khan Yunis Governorate locatedInSubregion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Alexander’s Asian campaign theatreOfWar Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Wars of Alexander the Great location Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Macedonian army geographicScope Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Southern Palestine locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Southern Palestine borders Levant region
this entity surface form: Northern Palestine
Kfar Gamla region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Beit Hanun region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Siege of Gaza location Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Coastal Plain partOf Levant region
subject surface form: Coastal Plain of Palestine
this entity surface form: Levant
Coastal Plain locatedIn Levant region
subject surface form: Coastal Plain of Palestine
this entity surface form: Southern Levant
Hellenization of the Near East hasRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Companion cavalry geographicAreaOfActivity Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Kingdom of Tyre locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Semitic peoples originatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Semitic peoples historicalRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Alashiya tradeNetwork Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Iron Age I appliesToTerritorialEntity Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Syrian coast partOf Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Lady of the Sea regionOfCult Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Asherah pole culturalRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Kassis hasGeographicOrigin Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Palmyrene mountain range partOf Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Herod of Chalcis region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Amorite language region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Leonid dynasty territoryIncludes Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Jerusalem–Nablus road corridor geographicalRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Moresheth historicalRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Southern Levant
Sidonians locatedInThePast Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Aram-Damascus kingdom locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Fall of Samaria region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Mishor (plateau) partOf Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Tukultī-apil-Ešarra III expandedTerritory Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Baldwin III of Jerusalem historicalRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Melisende of Jerusalem historicalRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Siege of Damascus (1148) historicalRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Amorite dynasty of Yamkhad locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Kadesh locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: southern Levant
Nebo locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Ramla bint Muawiya region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Ululayu regionRuled Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Amorite dynasty of Qatna locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Nabataean architecture geographicRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: southern Levant
Arabic language continuum spokenIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant