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| - The Levant (pronounced /ləˈvænt/) (Arabic: , Bilad ash-Shām, also known as المشرق (Mashriq)) describes, traditionally, the Eastern Mediterranean at large, but can be used as a geographical term that denotes a large area in Western Asia formed by the lands bordering the eastern shores of the Mediterranean, roughly bounded on the north by the Taurus Mountains, on the south by the Arabian Desert, and on the west by the Mediterranean Sea, while on the east it extends towards the Zagros Mountains. The Levant includes the countries of Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories, Syria, Jordan, parts of Iraq, and occasionally Cyprus and the Sinai (part of Egypt). The UCL Institute of Archeology describes the Levant as the "crossroads of western Asia, the eastern Mediterranean and northeast A
- Levant (Arabic: المشرق; Al-Mashriq), officially referred to as the Levant Republic (جمهورية الشامية; Jumhūriyyat Al-Mashriq) is a sovereign nation located in the Middle East along the Mediterranean Sea, bordering Syria to the west, Turkey to the north and Israel and Jordan to the south. Its as presidential republic, which has been lead primarily by the Christian majority.
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| - Levant (Arabic: المشرق; Al-Mashriq), officially referred to as the Levant Republic (جمهورية الشامية; Jumhūriyyat Al-Mashriq) is a sovereign nation located in the Middle East along the Mediterranean Sea, bordering Syria to the west, Turkey to the north and Israel and Jordan to the south. Its as presidential republic, which has been lead primarily by the Christian majority. Holding its roots in the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon after World War I, the republic along with Syrian Arab Republic in 1945 joined the League of Nations, ensuring independence from France. Syrian leader, Shukri al-Quwatli invaded the Levanite Republic and removed the Levant government in Beirut. In 1947, during the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, Arab Christians demanded a state in the north, along with a portion of Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Allocated the lands of the Golan Heights and Nazareth, the Levantine government continued its legitimacy with its capital in Nazareth. General Daniyal Borgeaud Al-Ashhad lead the country during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, acting as third belligerent, both defending against the Haganah and the Arab League. With extensive support from the United States, the nation repelled the Jewish offensive against Nazareth, and was able to lead an offensive against the Syrians in the north, retaking Mount Lebanon, Al-Ansariyah mountains the Anti-Lebanon mountains and the coastal plains and its cities of Latakia and Tartus. Al-Ashhad, a French-Arab was challenged, due to his colonial heritage, by the Shia group Hizb Al-Fadlt (حزب الفاضلة) in the 1950 election. When Al-Ashhad won the election, the Hizb Al-Fadlt deployed itself as an insurgency, escalating the country into the Levantite Civil War. While Hizb Al-Fadlt was unable to hold any measurable ground, the group resorted to terrorism and was extremely brutal against the Alawites and the Christian population. In June of 1951, Al-Ashhad was killed during the 1951 Levant July bombings, creating a political vacuum and allowing for Muhammad Abdul Qadir to take control. Qadir reformed the nation into the Arab Levant Republic, in which Islamic fundamentalism was primary political authority. Elections were suspended, a formal constitution was never created and the Christian majority was forced into submission. Several hundreds of Levant Christians were forced into designated regions where they were deliberately given inadequate support. Qadir lead the Radical Levant to war with Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War, in which the Levant Republican Guard was defeated at the Battle of Haifa. Qadir was captured when Israeli forces took the city of Nazareth on June 8th; which ensured the political rise of Daniyal's son Mikha'il Borgeaud Al-Ashhad.
- The Levant (pronounced /ləˈvænt/) (Arabic: , Bilad ash-Shām, also known as المشرق (Mashriq)) describes, traditionally, the Eastern Mediterranean at large, but can be used as a geographical term that denotes a large area in Western Asia formed by the lands bordering the eastern shores of the Mediterranean, roughly bounded on the north by the Taurus Mountains, on the south by the Arabian Desert, and on the west by the Mediterranean Sea, while on the east it extends towards the Zagros Mountains. The Levant includes the countries of Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories, Syria, Jordan, parts of Iraq, and occasionally Cyprus and the Sinai (part of Egypt). The UCL Institute of Archeology describes the Levant as the "crossroads of western Asia, the eastern Mediterranean and northeast Africa". Levant was originally applied to the "Mediterranean lands east of Italy", from the Middle French word levant meaning "the Orient". Historically, the "trade on the Levant" between Western Europe and the Ottoman Empire was of great economic importance. An imprecise term, Levant refers to an area of cultural habitation rather than to a specific geographic region, and its meaning shifts according to historical and cultural reference and preference.
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