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The Levant
luh-VANT
Also Known As Mashriq Arabic term meaning place where the sun rises, broadly equivalent to the Levant.
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The Levant is the subregion of West Asia along the eastern Mediterranean that forms part of the Middle East. Archaeologists and most current usage take it narrowly to mean Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Turkey's Hatay province; broader historical usage has stretched the term as far as Greece, Egypt and Libya. Scholars adopted the name deliberately as a more neutral alternative to terms such as Syria-Palestine, and the corridor it names has served as the land bridge between Africa and Eurasia, and a crossroads of civilisations, for millennia.
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PopulationNarrow definition: Syria, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and Palestine only; wider historical or cultural definitions of the Levant are not counted here. Cross-Tradition Connections
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Jerusalem, Cities Jerusalem sits in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains.
Palestine, Countries Palestine is described as being in the Southern Levant region.
The Dead Sea sits within the Levant, on the Israel-Jordan boundary the region's narrow definition names.
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1. Levant (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationDefinition and geographic scope sectionQuote, Definition and geographic scope section
The Levant is a subregion of West Asia along the Eastern Mediterranean that forms part of the Middle East.
1. Levant (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationDemographics sectionQuote, Demographics section
The population of the modern Levant border is approximately 57.6 million consisting of the populations of Syria, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and Palestine.
1. Levant (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead sectionQuote, Lead section
The Levant is a subregion of West Asia along the Eastern Mediterranean that forms part of the Middle East.
Jerusalem (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Jerusalem, Lead sectionQuote, Associated With: Jerusalem, Lead section
Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains.
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