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"'''Levant'''" or "'''The Levant'''" (as a region) | "'''Levant'''" or "'''The Levant'''" (as a region)[[File:NatufianSpread.svg|thumb|Map of Natufian regions in prehistoric Levant, which today includes Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Palestinian territories, and Syria, c. 13,000-9,500 BC|alt=A map of the Levant with Natufian regions across present-day Israel, Palestinian territories, and a long arm extending into Lebanon and Syria]] | ||
*''levant'' = "rising" | |||
* ''levant'' = "rising" | |||
** named for the rising of the sun from the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea | ** 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 | * "The Levant" = lands along the eastern coast (Asia) of the Mediterranean Sea | ||
* | * prehistoric Levant: | ||
** Natufian culture | |||
*** semi- and sedentary people who occupied the Levant c. 13,000-9,500 BC | |||
*** were or are among the earliest people to engage in farming (Neolithic) | |||
*** oldest evidence of bread-making is in Shubayqa from 12,500 BC | |||
*** followed by the the Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) A & B periods, 10,000-8,800 BC | |||
**** Jericho was built during PPNA - see [http://Tower of Jericho (wikipedia) Tower of Jericho (wikipedia)] | |||
* historic Levant: | |||
** Northeast Africa (Libya and Egypt) | ** Northeast Africa (Libya and Egypt) | ||
** Mesopotamia (Middle East) | ** Mesopotamia (Middle East) | ||
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** Israel | ** Israel | ||
** Lebanon | ** Lebanon | ||
** Syria | ** Syria | ||
** also includes | ** also includes | ||
*** Palestine | *** Palestine | ||