developed in the region. Previously regarded as a peripheral region in the ancient Near East, modern academia largely considers the Levant as a center of civilization...

whole exome information to identify the genetic history of ancient and modern populations of Arabia, Egypt, the Levant, Mesopotamia, Persia, Turkey, and...

the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. The earliest documented mention of "Israel" as a people appears on the Merneptah Stele, an ancient Egyptian inscription...

The Levant (/ləˈvænt/ lə-VANT) is a subregion of West Asia that borders the Eastern Mediterranean sea to the west and forms the core of the Middle East...

Africa, including the Levant, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula and Carthage from the 3rd millennium BC until the end of antiquity, with some...

Sea—the lowest point on the Earth's land surface. The Southern Levant has a long history and is one of the world's most intensively investigated areas by...

Iraq history of Upper Mesopotamia Anatolia: history of Anatolia history of Turkey Canaan: history of the ancient Levant history of Cyprus history of Israel...

through the Fertile Crescent to the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea and throughout the Levant, as well as to Anatolia. Ancient Levantine kingdoms and city...

The term "Fertile Crescent" was popularized by archaeologist James Henry Breasted in Outlines of European History (1914) and Ancient Times, A History...

of areas more general than the Near East. History of the ancient Levant List of archaeological excavations by date List of archaeological periods - parent...

The prehistory of the Levant includes the various cultural changes that occurred, as revealed by archaeological evidence, prior to recorded traditions...

symbols. The earliest cities in history were in the ancient Near East, an area covering roughly that of the modern Middle East: its history began in the 4th...

history, there have been many names of the Levant, a large area in the Near East, or its constituent parts. These names have applied to a part or the...

highlands, the Levant, and the Arabian Peninsula. As such, the fields of ancient Near East studies and Near Eastern archaeology are one of the most prominent...

Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history through late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly...

Maghreb region of North Africa, encompassing present-day Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, from their homeland of Phoenicia in the Levant region, including...

The most pronounced impact of Iranian history can be seen stretching from Anatolia in the west to the Indus Valley in the east, including the Levant,...

The Muslim conquest of the Levant (Arabic: فَتْحُ الشَّام, romanized: Fatḥ al-šām; lit. 'Conquest of Syria'), or Arab conquest of Syria, was a 634–638...

predominate in urban areas, the latter remaining in rural areas. By the time of the Muslim conquest of the Levant, the number of Jewish population centers...

Ancient Egypt spans the period of Egyptian history from the early prehistoric settlements of the northern Nile valley to the Roman conquest of Egypt in...

is believed by the majority of Egyptologists to have been the same person as Narmer. The history of ancient Egypt unfolded as a series of stable kingdoms...

The history of Christianity began with the life of Jesus, an itinerant Jewish preacher and teacher, who was crucified in Jerusalem c. AD 30–33. His followers...

history. One of the oldest known Neolithic sites in Mesopotamia is Jarmo, settled around 7000 BC and broadly contemporary with Jericho (in the Levant)...

The region of Palestine is part of the wider region of the Levant, which represents the land bridge between Africa and Eurasia. The areas of the Levant...

were established in the Levant since ancient times such as the Nabatean Kingdom in southern Levant 3rd century BC, Itureans north of the Galilee in late Hellenistic...

To read about the background of these events, see Ancient Rome and History of the Byzantine Empire. Events and persons of the Kingdom of Rome (and to some...

the Levant, Anatolia, East Thrace and Egypt. The history of archaeological investigation in this region grew out of the 19th century discipline of biblical...

transit area. The ancient history of the Negev includes periods of Egyptian and Nabataean dominance, the rise of local cultures such as the Edomites, and...

The history of the Knights Hospitaller in the Levant is concerned with the early years of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, the Knights...

The Northern Levant is a geographical region in the Eastern Mediterranean, encompassing the northern part of the Levant, between the Mediterranean in the...