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This is probably the reason why the term Levant has come to be used more specifically to refer to modern Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, and Cyprus. Some scholars mistakenly believed that it derives from the name of Lebanon. [3]
The name Levant States was given to the French mandate of Syria and Lebanon after World War I, and the term is sometimes still used for those two countries, which became independent in 1946. A similar term, Al-Mashriq (“Where the Sun Rises”), exists in Arabic , although this term refers to a broader geographic region.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 28, 2011 · Levant is the name applied widely to the eastern Mediterranean coastal lands of Asia Minor and Phoenicia (modern-day Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon). In a wider sense, the term can be used to encompass the entire coastline from Greece to Egypt.
- Jan Van Der Crabben
- Chief Executive Officer
Definition. Levant is the name applied widely to the eastern Mediterranean coastal lands of Asia Minor and Phoenicia (modern-day Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon). In a wider sense, the term can be used to encompass the entire coastline from Greece to Egypt.
- Jan Van Der Crabben
- Chief Executive Officer
Jul 24, 2018 · The Levant States after the Second World War denoted the French mandate over Lebanon and Syria. In the contemporary era, the term Levant crops up in prehistoric and medieval references. Etymology. The word Levant was first used in English in 1497 to refer to the Mediterranean islands east of Italy. It comes from the French term for rising.
- Joyce Chepkemoi
Nov 5, 2019 · Like "Anatolia" or "Orient," "Levant" refers to the area of the rising of the sun, from the perspective of the western Mediterranean. The Levant is the eastern Mediterranean area now covered by Israel, Lebanon, part of Syria, and western Jordan. In antiquity, the southern part of the Levant or Palestine was called Canaan.
The term is often used to refer to the following regions or modern states: the Hatay Province of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, and Jordan. The term sometimes include Cilicia, Cyprus and the Sinai Peninsula .
