May 24, 2011 · 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.

Levant, (from the French lever, “to rise,” as in sunrise, meaning the east), historically, the region along the eastern Mediterranean shores, roughly corresponding to modern-day Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and certain adjacent areas. Common use of the term is associated with Venetian and other trading ventures and the establishment of commerce with cities such as Tyre and …

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 southern Levant refers to an area encompassed by modern Israel, Jordan, and Palestine. Canaan is the ancient name of this region, and a Canaanite culture was prominent until the Iron Age, when the kingdoms of Israel and Judah dominated. Owing to its proximity to the Mediterranean coast to the west, Egypt to the south, and Syria to the north ...

Mar 01, 2018 · Levant is a book of cities. It describes three former centers of great wealth, pleasure, and freedom—Smyrna, Alexandria, and Beirut—cities of the Levant region along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean. In these key ports at the crossroads of East and West, against all expectations, cosmopolitanism and nationalism flourished ...

Mar 30, 2020 · The countries included in the term Levant share cultural, religious and linguistic traits. Large cities located in the Levant include the Syrian cities of Aleppo, Homs and Damascus, the Lebanese cities of Beirut and Tripoli, the Jordanian cities of Amman and Zarqua, the Israeli cities of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and the Palestinian Gaza City.

Jun 17, 2014 · The Levant is an old term referring to countries of the eastern Mediterranean. Some scholars include in it Cyprus and a small part of Turkey. But basically the Levant has throughout history meant ...

Levant: [geographical name] the countries bordering on the eastern Mediterranean Sea.