Way of the Sea

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Way of the Sea is an ancient trade and military route along the eastern Mediterranean coast that connected Egypt with Syria and Mesopotamia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient military route
ancient trade route
connects Egypt NERFINISHED
Mesopotamia NERFINISHED
Syria NERFINISHED
crossesRegion Sinai Peninsula NERFINISHED
coastal plain of Israel
etymology translation of Latin ‘Via Maris’
facilitated cultural exchange
exchange of goods
spread of ideas
followsAlong eastern Mediterranean coast
hasAlternativeName Via Maris NERFINISHED
Way of the Philistines NERFINISHED
hasCategory Ancient roads and tracks
History of the ancient Near East
Military roads
Trade routes
importantDuring Iron Age Levant NERFINISHED
New Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED
languageOfName English
linked Fertile Crescent NERFINISHED
Nile Valley NERFINISHED
locatedIn eastern Mediterranean region
mentionedIn Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Isaiah 9:1
partOf ancient Near Eastern trade network
passesNear Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED
passesThrough Canaan NERFINISHED
Levant NERFINISHED
Philistia NERFINISHED
relatedTo King’s Highway NERFINISHED
strategicFor Assyria NERFINISHED
Babylonia NERFINISHED
Egypt NERFINISHED
Hittite Empire NERFINISHED
Persian Empire NERFINISHED
terminus Egypt NERFINISHED
Mesopotamian cities
northern Syria NERFINISHED
traversedBy armies
caravans
envoys
merchants
usedFor diplomatic travel
long-distance trade
military movements
usedSince Bronze Age

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ancient trade route Via Maris alternateName Way of the Sea
subject surface form: Via Maris
ancient trade route Via Maris nameMeaning Way of the Sea
subject surface form: Via Maris