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Levant (region)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Gabriel Mckee

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Dec 17, 2018 02:36 PM — History

A large historical region of the Eastern Mediterranean. Exact definitions of the region's borders vary, but in general the term "Levant" refers to the eastern littoral of the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the modern countries of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/930907033

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
34.311538765, 35.651662625

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Levant (region) makes connections with:

Levant (region) bounds Internum Mare (unspecified date range)

Levant (region) receives connections from:

Amanus (mountain range) part of (regional) Levant (region) (unspecified date range)
Iudaea (province) part of (regional) Levant (region) (30 BC - AD 300)
Palaestina (region) part of (regional) Levant (region) (unspecified date range)
Phoenice (region) part of (regional) Levant (region) (unspecified date range)
Syria part of (regional) Levant (region) (unspecified date range)

Place type:
region

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Gabriel Mckee, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Levant (region): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/930907033> [accessed: 20 April 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/930907033 |title=Places: 930907033 (Levant (region)) |author=Mckee, G. |accessdate=April 20, 2024 7:21 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Levant (region)