Levant
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The region comprising Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, and Jordan. In Arabic, this region is known as Bilad-a-Sham, which (interestingly enough) means "land of the left hand." This is from the point of view of a person in the Hijaz getting up in the morning and facing the sunrise. Al-Yaman (Yemen) means "land of the right hand."
The term "levant" comes from Latin and Italian allusions to the easterly direction of the region. The term al-Mashriq is another toponym for this region, and means "sunrise."
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Natural Aspects
The Levant is believed to be much drier now than it was in the past.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Oxford Bible Atlas
See Also
This page deals with the Levant as a cohesive cultural and ecological entity. For contemporary information and political history, see individual countries:
Israel
Jordan
Lebanon
Palestine
Syria
External Links
- al-Bab: Historical maps of the Arab world
- al-Mashriq: Culture of the Levant
- PASSIA: Palestine Maps
- "Report of the American section of Inter-Allied Commission of Mandates in Turkey"
- Ted Thornton, History of the Middle East Database, Northfield Mount Hermon School
- Wikipedia
