Greater Syria

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cultural region geographical region historical region

Greater Syria is a historical region in the Eastern Mediterranean that traditionally encompasses modern-day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, and parts of neighboring territories.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Greater Syria canonical 11
Ancient Syria 2
Syro-Palestine 2

Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWithIdeology Arab nationalism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pan-Syrian nationalism NERFINISHED ⓘ
borders Arabian Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Sinai Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
Taurus Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsRegion Galilee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Golan Heights NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hauran NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palestine region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Phoenicia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Transjordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreCity Aleppo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Amman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Beirut NERFINISHED ⓘ
Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
modern-day Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
modern-day Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
modern-day Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ
modern-day Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
parts of northern Saudi Arabia ⓘ
parts of northwestern Iraq ⓘ
parts of southern Turkey ⓘ
historicalName Bilad al-Sham NERFINISHED ⓘ
Coele-Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syria-Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syro-Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
al-Sham NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Aramaic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ
Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionsHistoricallyPresent Alawite Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
Druze faith ⓘ
Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousSignificanceFor Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod antiquity to early 20th century ⓘ
traversedBy Euphrates River (upper reaches) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jordan River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Litani River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Orontes River NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy Arab nationalists ⓘ
Syrian nationalists ⓘ
historians of the Levant ⓘ
wasUnderRuleOf Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ayyubid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Crusader states NERFINISHED ⓘ
French Mandate authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arab Revolt → location → Greater Syria ⓘ
Ibn Taymiyyah → region → Greater Syria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syro-Egyptian region
Gaulanitis → locatedIn → Greater Syria ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Syria
Abbasid forces → operatedIn → Greater Syria ⓘ
The Tale of Sinuhe → setting → Greater Syria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syria-Palestine region
al-Sunan al-Kubra → regionOfOrigin → Greater Syria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Syria and Egypt
Sunan collections → geographicRegionOfOrigin → Greater Syria ⓘ
Bilad al-Sham@ar → partOf → Greater Syria ⓘ
subject surface form: Bilad al-Sham
Bilad al-Sham@ar → knownAs → Greater Syria ⓘ
subject surface form: Bilad al-Sham
Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Greater Syria ⓘ
Abu al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad → regionRuled → Greater Syria ⓘ
Arados → region → Greater Syria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syro-Palestine
Franco-Syrian War → historicalRegion → Greater Syria ⓘ
Beroea → locatedIn → Greater Syria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Syria
Philodemus → countryOfOrigin → Greater Syria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Syria
GospelOfHebrews → geographicalContextHypothesis → Greater Syria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syria-Palestine
Mahjar movement → hasCountryOfOrigin → Greater Syria ⓘ
Ibn Kathir → regionOfActivity → Greater Syria ⓘ
Iron Age II → mainRegion → Greater Syria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syro-Palestine
Siege of Damascus (634) → locatedIn → Greater Syria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine Syria
Shalim → worshipRegion → Greater Syria ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Syria
Ottoman garrisons in Syria → locatedIn → Greater Syria ⓘ