The Levante (Spanish: ; Catalan: Llevant [ʎəˈβan, ʎəˈvant, ʎeˈβan, ʎeˈvant]; "Levant, East") is a name used to refer to the eastern region of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Spanish Mediterranean coast. It roughly corresponds to the former Xarq Al-Andalus, but …

Apr 07, 2009 · The Levant is a region consisting of the Eastern Mediterranean near the shore between Turkey and Egypt. The Levant crosses many countries, including all or parts of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan ...

May 29, 2018 · LEVANTINE. Noun or adjective that defines the non-Muslim populations and cultures of the modern Middle East.. The term levantine is French in origin — levantin — and implies a geographic reference to the sun rising — soleil levant — in the east, or levant. The French coined the term because France, in the sixteenth century, was the first Christian national state …

This is a list of cities in the Levant with a population of 500,000 or more. For the purposes of this list, the region includes the Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and the Hatay Province of Turkey. All figures refer to the metropolitan area if applicable.

Apr 19, 2020 · The Levant region is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia. In its narrowest sense, it is equivalent to the historical region of Syria. The countries included in the Levant region are:

Sep 17, 2019 · 1. A reversal of economic integration efforts. The Levant countries have traditionally favored efforts at regional economic integration. These efforts peaked in 2010 with an agreement between Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Turkey to establish the Levant Free Trade Zone (LFTZ). 1 However, as the agreement was being signed, some signatory countries …

Aug 04, 2021 · “We used a new whole genome sequencing technology to study human populations from the Levant [Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel and the West Bank], Iraq and Arabia, and we reconstruct the population history of the region from over 125,000 years ago up to the last millennium,” Almarri says.

Answer (1 of 3): What is Greater Syria (Levant or Mashriq)? The historic region of Syria is sometimes called Greater Syria, Syria-Palestine, or the Levant (Near East,) and is an area located East of the Mediterranean Sea, West of the Euphrates River, north of …

RCSP 1A: An Introduction to the Region The RCSP 1A curriculum exposes Marines to culture general concepts, culture specific concepts, cross-cultural competence, and region-specific information. This course of instruction is designed to be a precursor to RCSP 1B and prepares Marines with the operational culture and regional knowledge needed to ...

The Southern Levant lies on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, in the world region known variously as the Near East, the Middle East or Western or Southwestern Asia.It is bordered to the east, southeast and southwest by the Syrian, Arabian and Sinai deserts, respectively. Some definitions include parts of these deserts in the region. The Litani River in southern Lebanon is …