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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Leo I ruledOver Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Nof HaGalil locatedOnLandmass Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Syriac alphabet regionOfUse Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Early Muslim conquests location Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Roman–Parthian frontier zone locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Nabulsi cheese regionOfOrigin Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Nabulsi soap region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Eastern Roman provinces locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
northern Syria partOf Levant region
subject surface form: Northern Syria
this entity surface form: Levant
northern Syria historicallyConnectedTo Levant region
subject surface form: Northern Syria
this entity surface form: Levant
Lord of Healing worshipRegion Levant region
subject surface form: Eshmun
this entity surface form: Levant
Neapolis locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Palestinian Aramaic dialects historicalRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Batroun region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Canaanite languages spokenIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Canaanite languages spokenIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Southern Levant
Canaanite religion practicedInRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Canaanite religion practicedInRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: southern Levant
Ancient Near East includesRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Nabulsi culturalRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Bosra (as later center under Rome) regionType Levant region
subject surface form: Bosra
this entity surface form: Levant
Damascene Arabic region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Sidon region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Atargatis worshipRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Nabataean inscriptions geographicRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Southern Levant
Safaitic Arabic region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Esdraelon Plain partOf Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Battle of Megiddo (1918) location Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Battle of Megiddo (1918) theatre Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Zahleh region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Roman state expandedOver Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Battle of Yarmouk location Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Jenin Governorate partOf Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Jubayl locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Syro-Anatolian region partOf Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Raqqa locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Sin worshipRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Middle Bronze Age occursInRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Gaza Seaport geographicRegion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Great Omari Mosque region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Pasha’s Palace (Qasr al-Basha) region Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Mare Internum surroundedBy Levant region
this entity surface form: the Levant
Prophet Ilyas traditionallyLocatedIn Levant region
Syriacs nativeTo Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt) operatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Gaulanitis locatedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Economy of Jordan subregion Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
HMS Levant namedAfter Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Resheph veneratedIn Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant
Archaeology Wing regionCovered Levant region
this entity surface form: Levant