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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Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
White-throated kingfisher foundIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Pasha regionAssociatedWith Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Quseir Amra locatedInRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Gbl partOf Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Temple of the Obelisks locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
South Governorate partOf Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Al-Bass archaeological site region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Tyre Peninsula region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Al-Mina archaeological site connectedTo Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
historic Palestine locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Palestinian Liberation Army operationalArea Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Gebal partOf Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Ziza hasRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Southern Levant
Shaykh al-Islam usedInRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Battle of Ain Jalut locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Nbat geographicAssociation Levant region
this entity surface form: southern Levant
Banu Umayyah historicalRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Kingdom of Ammon partOf Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Imperial Aramaic usedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Arameans cultureArea Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
muqarnas usedInRegion Levant region
subject surface form: Muqarnas
this entity surface form: Levant
Battle of Wadi al-Khaznadar region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Operation Peace for Galilee region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Bekaa Valley air battles region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Amaury VI of Montfort placeOfActivity Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Amr ibn al-As regionOfActivity Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Palmyrene alphabet region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
André Thevet traveledTo Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Ugaritic language region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Iran-led regional axis region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Ibn Qudamah regionOfActivity Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan burialRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Nazareth, Israel partOf Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Qardaha locatedInRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Bkerké locatedInRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East associatedRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Near Eastern art hasRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: the Levant
Jbeil partOf Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Hasbani River locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Muslim conquest of the Levant location Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Church of the Roman Empire territory Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Treaty of Kadesh historicalRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Egyptian–Hittite wars conflictOver Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
tabbouleh countryOfOrigin Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Ottoman cuisine developedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: the Levant
Synod of 1724 hasLocation Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Coele-Syria locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant