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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Aretas IV of Nabatea region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Hama locatedInRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Herodian locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Rafah locatedInRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Asian campaign location Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Palestine partOf Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
hyperpyron usedInRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Crusades geographicScope Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Deir ez-Zor locatedInSubregion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Lebanon Mountains partOf 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
Perizzites culturalRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
El worshipRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Thutmose III campaignRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Ugarit locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Asherah region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Neo-Assyrian expansion hasLocation Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Hoshea region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Galilean campaign of Vespasian theatre Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Shalmaneser V regionRuled Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Second Crusade location Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Kingdom of Jerusalem locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Aqaba region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Irbid subcontinent Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Antigonus II Mattathias region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Amman Citadel region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Seleucid Empire territoryIncludes 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
Aristobulus I regionRuled Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
King of the Jews associatedWithHistoricalRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Tribe of Dan region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Idumaean culturalRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Mariamne II region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
daric circulatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Ottoman culture geographicalExtent Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Ottoman Sunni Islamic institutions geographicScope Levant region
this entity surface form: the Levant
Wadi an-Nar locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Jerash partOf Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Roman intervention of Pompey in 63 BCE region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Vichy French forces theaterOfOperations Levant region
this entity surface form: French Levant
Battle of Damascus (1941) militaryTheatre Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Free French declaration of Syrian independence (1941) geographicRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Antoine Galland traveledTo Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Mount Nebo locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Hasmonean–Iturean conflicts location Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Tancred regionOfActivity Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Gesta Francorum geographicFocus Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
John of Damascus region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant