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- DictionaryLevant/lɪˈvant/
- 1. the eastern part of the Mediterranean with its islands and neighbouring countries.
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2 days ago · Following the Muslim conquest of the Levant in the 630s, the military district of Jund Filastin was established. While Palestine's boundaries have changed throughout history, it has generally comprised the southern portion of regions such as Syria or the Levant.
2 days ago · The Near East, Fertile Crescent, and Levant are geographical concepts, which refer to large sections of the modern-day Middle East, with the Near East being the closest to the Middle East in its geographical meaning.
1 day ago · Lebanon (/ ˈ l ɛ b ə n ɒ n,-n ə n / ⓘ LEB-ə-non, -nən; Arabic: لُبْنَان, romanized: Lubnān, local pronunciation: [lɪbˈneːn]), officially the Republic of Lebanon, [c] is a country in the Levant region of West Asia, bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west; Cyprus ...
2 days ago · Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), transnational insurgent group based in western Iraq and eastern Syria. Originally an affiliate of al-Qaeda, ISIL declared the establishment of a caliphate amid significant territorial gains in 2014.
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1 day ago · Design Doha, Qatar Museums’ biennial celebration of design excellence and innovation in Qatar and the MENA region, has launched Arab Design Now —a groundbreaking exploration of local and regional talent across various disciplines, including architectural and material innovations, contemporary crafts, furniture, fashion, graphic, and object ...
5 days ago · Syria and the Levant. Research focuses on domestic dynamics in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, and the impact of regional dynamics on their politics, economies and societies.
5 days ago · History and geography of the Byzantine Empire, the eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived for a thousand years after the western half had crumbled into various feudal kingdoms. In the 14th century the Ottoman Turks began to encroach on Byzantine territory, and the empire fell to them in 1453.
