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.

Holy Land → modernTerritoryIncludes → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syria (southwestern parts)
Bronze Age → occursIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Iron Age → occursIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Roman army → operatedIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
this entity surface form: Levant
subject surface form: Aramaic alphabet
this entity surface form: Levant
al-Muwahhidun al-Duruz → originRegion → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Druze → originatesFrom → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Epistles of Wisdom → originatesFrom → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Canaan → overlapsWith → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: southwestern Syria
Holy Land → overlapsWith → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Levant
Canaan → partOf → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Carmel Range → partOf → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Gaza City → partOf → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Jerash → partOf → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Jordan → partOf → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Judean Desert → partOf → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Levant
Judean Mountains → partOf → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Levant
Latakia → partOf → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Lebanon Mountains → partOf → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Nabatieh, Lebanon → partOf → Levant region ⓘ
subject surface form: Nabatieh
this entity surface form: Levant
Negev desert → partOf → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Palestine → partOf → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Samaria → partOf → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Sidon → partOf → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Smyrna → partOf → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Tripoli → partOf → Levant region ⓘ
subject surface form: Tripoli (Lebanon)
this entity surface form: Levant
North Governorate → partOfRegion → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Silk Road routes → passesThrough → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Maronite Christianity → primaryRegion → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Ottoman Turkish → primaryRegion → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Levant
Aleppo → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Amman Citadel → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Antigonus II Mattathias → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Antipater the Idumaean → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Aqaba → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Aretas IV of Nabatea → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Asherah → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Azm Palace → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Baal → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Berytus → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Bethlehem Governorate → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Byzantine Empire → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Canaanites → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Canaanites → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Levant
this entity surface form: Levant
Citadel of Damascus → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Edomite → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Levant
Elnathan of Jerusalem → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Levant
Eshmun → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant