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.

Estrangela script → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Fatimid Caliphate → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Homs → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Hoshea → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
House of Hashim → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Israelites → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Jebus → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
John of Damascus → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Krak des Chevaliers → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Lebanon → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Levantine cuisine → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Mamluk Sultanate → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Mariamne II → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Moabite → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Nabataean Arabic → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Levant
Phoenician language → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Proto-Canaanite script → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Ramallah → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
this entity surface form: Levant
Shami Arabic → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Tribe of Dan → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Tyropoeon Valley → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
al-Muqtana Baha’uddin → region → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
this entity surface form: Levant
Knights Hospitaller → regionOfActivity → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Tancred → regionOfActivity → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Aristobulus I → regionRuled → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Artaxerxes I of Persia → regionRuled → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Herod Philip → regionRuled → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Shalmaneser V → regionRuled → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
this entity surface form: Levant
this entity surface form: Levant
Colloquial Arabic → spokenIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Hurrian → spokenIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Northwest Semitic → spokenIn → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Shadhiliyya → spreadTo → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Irbid → subcontinent → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Kingdom of Jordan → subregion → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
this entity surface form: Levant
Sargon II → territoryExpandedTo → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
this entity surface form: Levant
Islamic Caliphates → territoryIncludes → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Rashidun Caliphate → territoryIncludes → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Seleucid Empire → territoryIncludes → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
this entity surface form: French Levant
this entity surface form: Levant
Ashur → tradeConnections → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Pharaonic Egypt → tradePartner → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Aegean Bronze Age → tradedWith → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant
Minoan civilization → tradedWith → Levant region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levant