De Levant, (Arabisch: بلاد الشام, Belad Al-Shaam), of het Morgenland is de historisch-geografische naam voor een deel van Zuidwest-Azië.Het beslaat het gedeelte direct ten oosten van de Middellandse Zee.. Geografie. De streek wordt begrensd door de Taurus in het noorden, de Syrische Woestijn en de noordelijke Grote Arabische Woestijn in het oosten.

The Levant (/ l ə ˈ v æ n t /) is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia.In its narrowest sense, which is in use today in archaeology and other cultural contexts, it is equivalent to a stretch of land bordering the Mediterranean in South-western Asia, i.e. the historical region of Syria ("Greater Syria ...

Impression, soleil levant est un tableau de Claude Monet conservé au musée Marmottan à Paris, ... Wikipedia® est une marque déposée de la Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., organisation de bienfaisance régie par le paragraphe 501(c)(3) du code fiscal des États-Unis.

The Levant Company was an English chartered company formed in 1592. Elizabeth I of England approved its initial charter on 11 September 1592 when the Venice Company (1583) and the Turkey Company (1581) merged, because their charters had expired, as she was eager to maintain trade and political alliances with the Ottoman Empire . [1]

Oscar Levant (December 27, 1906 – August 14, 1972) was an American concert pianist, composer, conductor, author, radio game show panelist, television talk show host, comedian and actor.He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for recordings featuring his piano performances. He was equally famous for his mordant character and witticisms, on the radio …

Évolution du sens Origine du mot « Levant » est à l'origine un mot issu du français médiéval signifiant « orient » [note 2].Il désignait à l'origine tous les territoires méditerranéens à l'est de l'Italie, c'est-à-dire non seulement le Levant actuel, mais aussi les régions de l'Empire byzantin. Ce sens se conserva pour désigner les régions qui dépendaient de l'Empire ottoman.

Levant Mine and Beam Engine is a National Trust property at Trewellard, Pendeen, near St Just, Cornwall, England, UK.Its main attraction is that it has the world's only Cornish beam engine still operated by steam on its original site. There is also a visitor centre, a short underground tour, and the South West Coast Path leads to Botallack Mine, via a cliff-top footpath.

On 22 May 2017, the Levant Front attacked the Sham Legion near Azaz. The Levant Front accused the Sham Legion of conspiring with the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement, part of Tahrir al-Sham. The LF besieged the Sham Legion headquarters, captured a number of their fighters, and seized several ammunition dumps.

Syrian civil war; Part of the Arab Spring, Arab Winter, the spillover of the Iraqi conflict, International military intervention against the Islamic State, War on terror, Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict, and the Iran–Israel proxy conflict: Top: A ruined neighborhood in Raqqa in 2017. Bottom: Military situation in September 2021: Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Arab Republic & Rojava …

In Greek mythology, the stars of Pleiades represented the Seven Sisters.The constellation was also described as ἑπτάποροι "heptaporoi", by poet Aratus.. Norse mythology. To the Vikings, the Pleiades were Freyja's hens, and their name in many old European languages such as Hungarian compares them to a hen with chicks. In contemporary Danish the cluster is known as …

The Byzantine navy was the naval force of the East Roman or Byzantine Empire.Like the empire it served, it was a direct continuation from its Imperial Roman predecessor, but played a far greater role in the defence and survival of the state than its earlier iteration.While the fleets of the unified Roman Empire faced few great naval threats, operating as a policing force vastly …

Brian Michael Levant (born August 6, 1952) is an American filmmaker. Early life and career. Born in Highland Park, Illinois, Levant started his career in 1976 as a writer for the TV series Happy Days. He also wrote for, among other TV shows, The Jeffersons, Mork & Mindy and Still the Beaver. He is best known for directing ...

Un pont levant désigne généralement un pont dont le tablier est mobile et peut être levé à l'horizontale. Exemples de ponts levants. Pont de la rue de Crimée à Paris (ouvert en 1885) ; Pont ... Wikipedia® est une marque déposée de la Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., ...

Soleil levant (Rising Sun) est un thriller américain réalisé par Philip Kaufman, sorti en 1993. Le film met en vedette Sean Connery (également producteur délégué du film), Wesley Snipes , Harvey Keitel et Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa .