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

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.

East Jerusalem → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Galilee → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Golan Heights → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Hasmonean dynasty → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Hazor → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Herodian → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Holy Land → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Idumea → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Levant
Jerusalem → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Jordan Rift Valley → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Judean Desert → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
this entity surface form: Levant
this entity surface form: Southern Levant
Kingdom of Jerusalem → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Kingdom of Judah → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Levant
Kingdom of Judah → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Lebanese people → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Lions' Gate → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Megiddo → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Mount Lebanon → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Mount Nebo → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Mount of Olives → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Nabataean kingdom → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Ottoman Palestine → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Outremer → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Palestinian territories → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Perea → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Principality of Antioch → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Qurnat as Sawda → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Roman–Persian Wars → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Syrian Civil War → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Syrian Wars → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
The Farthest Mosque → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Tyre → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Ugarit → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Valley of the Cheesemakers → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Wadi an-Nar → locatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Lod → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Levant
Hama → locatedInRegion → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
this entity surface form: Levant
Rafah → locatedInRegion → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Wadi Araba → locatedInRegion → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Deir ez-Zor → locatedInSubregion → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Asian campaign → location → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
First Crusade → location → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
this entity surface form: Levant
this entity surface form: Levant
Second Crusade → location → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Third Crusade → location → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
this entity surface form: Levant