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Levant, (from the French lever, “to rise,” as in sunrise, meaning the east), historically, the region along the eastern Mediterranean shores, roughly corresponding to modern-day Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and certain adjacent areas.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Levant ( / ləˈvænt / lə-VANT) is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of West Asia and core territory of the political term Middle East. In its narrowest sense, which is in use today in archaeology and other cultural contexts, it is equivalent to Cyprus and a stretch ...
Nov 5, 2019 · Map Collections of the Levant. Ancient Locations is a database of detailed placemarks for archaeological sites and the owner Steve White has amassed a set of maps from the Levant, as well as archaeological sites such as Jerusalem and Qumran.
The Levant Under Ottoman Rule (13 th - 20 th Centuries) The Fourth Crusade (1202-1204) "Psalter Map" (1225) First Printed Map of Israel (1475) East Europe & the Ottoman Empire (1481) Map of the Holy Land (1486) The Ottoman Empire (1580) Bünting's Cloverleaf Map (1581) Visscher Map of Jerusalem (1660) Map of Israel in the Amsterdam Haggadah (1695)
Jul 24, 2018 · The Levant region is home to many ancient world heritage sites, including the City of Anjar in Lebanon, pictured here. The Levant denotes a vast geographical region situated in the Eastern Mediterranean. The area termed as the Levant does not have fixed boundaries and it changes over time.
- Joyce Chepkemoi
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Nov 8, 2023 · 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.
Mar 26, 2015 · the Middle East 40 maps that explain the Middle East by Max Fisher on March 26, 2015. ... Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (sometimes called ISIS, shown in blue), an extremist group based in ...
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