Greater Syria

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Greater Syria is a historical region in the Eastern Mediterranean that traditionally encompasses modern-day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, and parts of neighboring territories.

All labels observed (9)

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Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
geographical region
historical region
associatedWithIdeology Arab nationalism NERFINISHED
Pan-Syrian nationalism NERFINISHED
borders Arabian Desert NERFINISHED
Mediterranean Sea
Sinai Peninsula NERFINISHED
Taurus Mountains NERFINISHED
containsRegion Galilee NERFINISHED
Golan Heights NERFINISHED
Hauran NERFINISHED
Palestine region NERFINISHED
Phoenicia NERFINISHED
Transjordan NERFINISHED
coreCity Aleppo NERFINISHED
Amman NERFINISHED
Beirut NERFINISHED
Damascus NERFINISHED
Jerusalem NERFINISHED
hasPart Palestine NERFINISHED
modern-day Israel NERFINISHED
modern-day Jordan NERFINISHED
modern-day Lebanon NERFINISHED
modern-day Syria NERFINISHED
parts of northern Saudi Arabia
parts of northwestern Iraq
parts of southern Turkey
historicalName Bilad al-Sham NERFINISHED
Coele-Syria NERFINISHED
Syria-Palestine NERFINISHED
Syro-Palestine NERFINISHED
al-Sham NERFINISHED
languageHistoricallySpoken Arabic NERFINISHED
Aramaic
Greek
Hebrew
locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED
Levant NERFINISHED
Western Asia NERFINISHED
partOf Middle East NERFINISHED
religionsHistoricallyPresent Alawite Islam NERFINISHED
Christianity NERFINISHED
Druze faith
Judaism NERFINISHED
Shia Islam NERFINISHED
Sunni Islam NERFINISHED
religiousSignificanceFor Christianity NERFINISHED
Islam NERFINISHED
Judaism NERFINISHED
timePeriod antiquity to early 20th century
traversedBy Euphrates River (upper reaches) NERFINISHED
Jordan River NERFINISHED
Litani River NERFINISHED
Orontes River NERFINISHED
usedBy Arab nationalists
Syrian nationalists
historians of the Levant
wasUnderRuleOf Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED
Ayyubid dynasty NERFINISHED
Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
Crusader states NERFINISHED
French Mandate authorities NERFINISHED
Mamluk Sultanate NERFINISHED
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED
Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED

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Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arab Revolt location Greater Syria
Ibn Taymiyyah region Syro-Egyptian region
linked to: Greater Syria
Gaulanitis locatedIn ancient Syria
linked to: Greater Syria
Abbasid forces operatedIn Greater Syria
The Tale of Sinuhe setting Syria-Palestine region
linked to: Greater Syria
al-Sunan al-Kubra regionOfOrigin Greater Syria and Egypt
linked to: Greater Syria
Bilad al-Sham partOf Greater Syria
subject linked to: Bilad al-Sham@ar
Bilad al-Sham knownAs Greater Syria
subject linked to: Bilad al-Sham@ar
Arados region Syro-Palestine
linked to: Greater Syria
Franco-Syrian War historicalRegion Greater Syria
Beroea locatedIn Ancient Syria
linked to: Greater Syria
Philodemus countryOfOrigin Ancient Syria
linked to: Greater Syria
GospelOfHebrews geographicalContextHypothesis Syria-Palestine
linked to: Greater Syria
Mahjar movement hasCountryOfOrigin Greater Syria
Ibn Kathir regionOfActivity Greater Syria
Iron Age II mainRegion Syro-Palestine
linked to: Greater Syria
Siege of Damascus (634) locatedIn Byzantine Syria
linked to: Greater Syria
Shalim worshipRegion ancient Syria
linked to: Greater Syria
Ottoman garrisons in Syria locatedIn Greater Syria