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Levant
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بلاد الشام
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Levant -
The Levant (/ləˈvænt/) is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia. In its narrowest sense, it is equivalent to the historical region of Syria, which included present-day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Palestine and most of Turkey south-east of the middle Euphrates.
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Levant
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| Status
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| Capital
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| Population
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~50 million inhabitants
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| Area
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km²
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| Major languages
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Arabic
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| Major religions
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Islam, Christianity, Judaism
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| More information
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Levant, Geography of Levant, History of Levant and Politics of Levant
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| More images
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Levant - Levant (Category).
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General maps
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Levant, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Levant.
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Greater Syria according to Syrian Social Nationalist Party
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Ancient Near East 1450 B.C.
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Ancient Egypt, Syria and Mesopotamia c. 1450 BC
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Near East in circa 1400 BCE
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Greater Syria
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Byzantine Empire animated timeline
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Syria and Cilicia, 600 BC
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Median Empire, 6th century BC
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Achaemenid Persian Empire in the time of the Cyrus the Great
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Achaemenid Persian Empire in the time of the Cyrus the Great
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Achaemenid Persian Empire, 588-536 BC
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Achaemenid Persian Empire, 588-536 BC
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Achaemenid Persian Empire, 579-560 BC
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Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 500 BC
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Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 500 BC
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Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 500 BC
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Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 490 BC
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Achaemenid Persian Empire in the time of the Darius the Great
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Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 480 BC
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Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 480 BC
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Achaemenid Persian Empire
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Achaemenid Persian Empire
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Macedonian Empire, 336-323
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Macedonian Empire, 334-323 BC
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Macedonian Empire, 331-301 BC
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Macedonian Empire, 323 BC
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Macedonian Empire, 323 BC
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Macedonian Empire
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Macedonian Empire
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Macedonian Empire
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Macedonian Empire
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Seleucid Empire, 323 BC
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Seleucid Empire, 301 BC
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Seleucid Empire, 200 BC
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Seleucid Empire, 194 BC
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Seleucid Empire
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Seleucid Empire
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Seleucid Empire
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Parthian Empire, 1 AD
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Roman Empire circa 125
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Empire of Palmyra circa 260
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Roman Empire divisions circa 295-395
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Sassanid Persian Empire and Eastern Roman Empire, around 400 AD
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Roman-Persian Frontier, 5th century
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Sassanid Persian Empire and Eastern Roman Empire, around 500 AD
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Roman-Persian Frontier, 565
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Sassanid Persian Empire and Eastern Roman Empire, 6th century
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Sassanid Persian Empire, 6th century
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Sassanid Persian Empire, 600 AD
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Sassanid Persian Empire and Eastern Roman Empire, 600 AD
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Sassanid Persian Empire, 620 AD
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Sassanid Persian Empire, 226-651
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Sassanid Persian Empire
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Persian Empires, 610 BC-651 AD
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Roman Empire between 218 BC and 117 AD
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Dioecesis circa 400
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Roman-Persian Frontier in Late Antiquity, 4th-7th centuries
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Since Muslim Conquest
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Administrative divisions of Syria in the 9th century (Arabic)
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Crusader states, 1135
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Crusader states, 1165
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Crusader states, 1190
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Ghurid Iranian Empire, 1149-1212
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Ayyubid Empire, 1171-1246
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Ayyubid Empire, 1171-1246
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Ayyubid Empire, 1171-1246
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Ayyubid Empire, 1188
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Ayyubid Empire, 1188
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Ayyubid Empire, 1189
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Ayyubid Empire, 1190
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Ayyubid Empire, 12th century
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Northern Levant, 13th-14th centuries
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Anatolia and surrounding regions in AD 1200
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Ayyubid Empire, 1250-1260
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Ayyubid Empire, 1257
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Ayyubid Empire
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Timurid Empire, 1365-1405
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Timurid Empire, 1405
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Timurid Empire, 1405
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Timurid Empire, 1405
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Timurid Empire
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Timurid Empire
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Timurid Empire
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Safavid Persian Empire in 1501-1722
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Safavid Persian Empire in 1501-1722
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Safavid Persian Empire in 1512
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Safavid Persian Empire, 16th-18th century
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Ottoman era
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Ottoman Empire map from 1481 to 1683 (in Spanish)
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Ottoman Empire 1481-1683
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A French map of ancient Syria and surroundings in 1683
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Ottoman Cedid Atlas map from 1803 showing Syria in yellow
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Ottoman Syria Vilayets in 1842
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Ottoman Empire in 1849
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Henry Warren Map of Syria in 1851
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Ottoman administrative divisions in western Syria circa 1889
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Ottoman Syria Vilayets circa 1899
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Ottoman Syria Vilayets circa 1900 (in Arabic)
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Ottoman Vilayets in 1900 (in Spanish)
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Ottoman Vilayets in 1900
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Ottoman Syria Vilayets
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Map showing Syria, Mesopotamia, Assyria, and Turkey in 1912
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Administrative divisions of Ottoman Syria (early 20th century) in Arabic
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Administrative divisions of Ottoman southern Syria in 1914
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Ottoman Syria
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Ethnographical Map of Turkey and Syria in 1910
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Since WWI
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Integral Syria 1915
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Sykes-Picot agreement to divide Syria
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Sykes-Picot agreement to divide Syria
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Map of Syria in 1920
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Treaty of Sèvres map
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Syrian Arab Kingdom in 1920
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Syrian Arab Kingdom in 1920
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Asia Minor, Syria and Mesopotamia in 1920
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French first attempt at dividing Syria in 1920
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Map of Syria in 1920
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Area in yellow shows Syrian Northern Sanjaks ceded by France to Turkey in the 1921 Ankara Agreement
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Area in yellow shows Syrian Northern Sanjaks ceded by France to Turkey in the 1921 Ankara Agreement
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Palestine, Syria and Hejaz in 1922, based on Treaty of Sevres
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Treaty of Lausanne between Turkey and Syria/Iraq
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Treaty of Lausanne border between Turkey and Syria/Iraq
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Treaty of Lausanne border between Turkey and Syria/Iraq
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Treaty of Lausanne border (in Arabic)
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Division of Syria in 1922 by French mandate authorities (in Arabic)
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Map of Greater Syria encompassing areas from Cyprus and Adana (Turkey) to Kuwait and Ahwaz (Arabistan), including the Levant and Mesopotamia
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Map of Greater Syria encompassing areas from Cyprus and southeastern Turkey to Kuwait, including the Levant and Mesopotamia
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Notes and references
General remarks:
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