The Levant
"Levant" or "The Levant" (as a region)
- levant = "rising"
- named for the rising of the sun from the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea
- "The Levant" = lands along the eastern coast (Asia) of the Mediterranean Sea
- historically may also include
- Northeast Africa (Libya and Egypt)
- Mesopotamia (Middle East)
- Asia Minor (modern Turkey)
- modern countries in The Levant include:
- Jordan
- Israel
- Lebanon
- Syria
- also includes
- Palestine
- lower southeastern coastal Turkey