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  2. History of the ancient Levant - Wikipedia

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    The Levant is one of the earliest centers of sedentism and agriculture throughout history, and some of the earliest agrarian cultures, Pre-Pottery Neolithic, developed in the region. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Previously regarded as a peripheral region in the ancient Near East , modern academia largely considers the Levant as a center of civilization on ...

  3. Levant - Wikipedia

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    The term Levant appears in English in 1497, and originally meant 'the East' or 'Mediterranean lands east of Italy'. [23] It is borrowed from the French levant 'rising', referring to the rising of the sun in the east, [23] or the point where the sun rises. [24] The phrase is ultimately from the Latin word levare, meaning 'lift, raise'.

  4. List of conflicts in the southern Levant - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of conflicts in the southern Levant arranged chronologically from ancient to modern times. This region has also been referred to historically as the Land of Canaan , the Land of Israel , the Holy Land , the Promised Land , and Palestine .

  5. Category:History of the Levant - Wikipedia

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    The Levant is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the eastern Mediterranean.In its widest historical sense, the Levant included all of the eastern Mediterranean with its islands, that is, it included all of the countries along the eastern Mediterranean shores, extending from Greece to Cyrenaica

  6. History of Israel - Wikipedia

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    This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. Consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. (February 2025) Visual History of Israel by Arthur Szyk, 1948 Part of a series on the History of ...

  7. Levant: Splendour and Catastrophe on the Mediterranean

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    First edition (publ. John Murray) Levant: Splendour and Catastrophe on the Mediterranean is a non-fiction book by Philip Mansel.. The book discusses the development of the Levant region, with the cities of Alexandria, Beirut, and Smyrna (now İzmir) being the primary three cities catalogued, with all three having perceived as declined by the time of the book's publication.

  8. List of archaeological periods (Levant) - Wikipedia

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    Beginning and ending dates of prehistoric ages are based on the introduction and prevalence of certain technologies, which varied from culture to culture; similarly, historical eras are named after cultures in the area of influence in which the Levant was included. However, archaeologists studying other regions have sometimes found it useful to ...

  9. History of Palestine - Wikipedia

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    This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Maps of Ottoman Palestine showing the Kaza subdivisions. Part of a series on the History of Palestine Prehistory Natufian culture Pre-Pottery Tahunian Ghassulian Jericho Ancient history Canaan Phoenicia Egyptian Empire Ancient Israel and Judah (Israel, Judah) Philistia Philistines Neo-Assyrian ...