Via Maris region

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The Via Maris region is an ancient coastal trade corridor in the Levant that linked Egypt with Syria, Mesopotamia, and Anatolia, serving as a major route for commerce and military campaigns.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient trade route
historical region
transport corridor
associatedWith Assyrian campaigns in the Levant NERFINISHED
Babylonian campaigns in the Levant NERFINISHED
Egyptian New Kingdom expansion NERFINISHED
Hellenistic trade routes
Persian imperial communications
Roman period road system
connects Anatolia NERFINISHED
Egypt NERFINISHED
Mesopotamia NERFINISHED
Syria NERFINISHED
crosses major river systems of the Levant
follows Mediterranean coast
hasTerrain coastal plains
river valleys
historicalPeriod Bronze Age NERFINISHED
Classical antiquity
Iron Age NERFINISHED
languageOfName Latin
locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED
Levant NERFINISHED
Middle East
mentionedIn biblical scholarship
historical geography of the Levant
nameMeaning Way of the Sea NERFINISHED
parallelTo King's Highway (ancient route) NERFINISHED
partOf ancient Near Eastern trade network
overland routes between Africa and Asia
passesNear Damascus NERFINISHED
Gaza NERFINISHED
Megiddo NERFINISHED
Nile Delta NERFINISHED
Sidon NERFINISHED
Tyre NERFINISHED
passesThrough Canaan NERFINISHED
Philistia NERFINISHED
Phoenicia NERFINISHED
northern Sinai NERFINISHED
strategicImportance control of coastal access
control of trade between Egypt and Mesopotamia
military movement corridor
usedFor commerce
diplomatic travel
long-distance trade
military campaigns

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Lydda onTradeRoute Via Maris region