Atlas of the Levant

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بلاد الشام English Levant - The Levant (/ləˈvænt/) is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia. In its narrowest sense, it is equivalent to the historical region of Syria, which included present-day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Palestine and most of Turkey south-east of the middle Euphrates. Short name Levant Official  name Status Capital Population ~50 million inhabitants Area km² Major  languages Arabic Major  religions Islam, Christianity, Judaism More information Levant, Geography of Levant, History of Levant and Politics of Levant More  images Levant - Levant (Category).

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Levant, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Levant.

Greater Syria according to Syrian Social Nationalist Party

Ancient Near East 1450 B.C.

Ancient Egypt, Syria and Mesopotamia c. 1450 BC

Near East in circa 1400 BCE

Greater Syria

Byzantine Empire animated timeline

Syria and Cilicia, 600 BC

Median Empire, 6th century BC

Achaemenid Persian Empire in the time of the Cyrus the Great

Achaemenid Persian Empire in the time of the Cyrus the Great

Achaemenid Persian Empire, 588-536 BC

Achaemenid Persian Empire, 588-536 BC

Achaemenid Persian Empire, 579-560 BC

Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 500 BC

Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 500 BC

Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 500 BC

Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 490 BC

Achaemenid Persian Empire in the time of the Darius the Great

Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 480 BC

Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 480 BC

Achaemenid Persian Empire

Achaemenid Persian Empire

Macedonian Empire, 336-323

Macedonian Empire, 334-323 BC

Macedonian Empire, 331-301 BC

Macedonian Empire, 323 BC

Macedonian Empire, 323 BC

Macedonian Empire

Macedonian Empire

Macedonian Empire

Macedonian Empire

Seleucid Empire, 323 BC

Seleucid Empire, 301 BC

Seleucid Empire, 200 BC

Seleucid Empire, 194 BC

Seleucid Empire

Seleucid Empire

Seleucid Empire

Parthian Empire, 1 AD

Roman Empire circa 125

Empire of Palmyra circa 260

Roman Empire divisions circa 295-395

Sassanid Persian Empire and Eastern Roman Empire, around 400 AD

Roman-Persian Frontier, 5th century

Sassanid Persian Empire and Eastern Roman Empire, around 500 AD

Roman-Persian Frontier, 565

Sassanid Persian Empire and Eastern Roman Empire, 6th century

Sassanid Persian Empire, 6th century

Sassanid Persian Empire, 600 AD

Sassanid Persian Empire and Eastern Roman Empire, 600 AD

Sassanid Persian Empire, 620 AD

Sassanid Persian Empire, 226-651

Sassanid Persian Empire

Persian Empires, 610 BC-651 AD

Roman Empire between 218 BC and 117 AD

Dioecesis circa 400

Roman-Persian Frontier in Late Antiquity, 4th-7th centuries

Since Muslim Conquest

Administrative divisions of Syria in the 9th century (Arabic)

Crusader states, 1135

Crusader states, 1165

Crusader states, 1190

Ghurid Iranian Empire, 1149-1212

Ayyubid Empire, 1171-1246

Ayyubid Empire, 1171-1246

Ayyubid Empire, 1171-1246

Ayyubid Empire, 1188

Ayyubid Empire, 1188

Ayyubid Empire, 1189

Ayyubid Empire, 1190

Ayyubid Empire, 12th century

Northern Levant, 13th-14th centuries

Anatolia and surrounding regions in AD 1200

Ayyubid Empire, 1250-1260

Ayyubid Empire, 1257

Ayyubid Empire

Timurid Empire, 1365-1405

Timurid Empire, 1405

Timurid Empire, 1405

Timurid Empire, 1405

Timurid Empire

Timurid Empire

Timurid Empire

Safavid Persian Empire in 1501-1722

Safavid Persian Empire in 1501-1722

Safavid Persian Empire in 1512

Safavid Persian Empire, 16th-18th century

Ottoman era

Ottoman Empire map from 1481 to 1683 (in Spanish)

Ottoman Empire 1481-1683

A French map of ancient Syria and surroundings in 1683

Ottoman Cedid Atlas map from 1803 showing Syria in yellow

Ottoman Syria Vilayets in 1842

Ottoman Empire in 1849

Henry Warren Map of Syria in 1851

Ottoman administrative divisions in western Syria circa 1889

Ottoman Syria Vilayets circa 1899

Ottoman Syria Vilayets circa 1900 (in Arabic)

Ottoman Vilayets in 1900 (in Spanish)

Ottoman Vilayets in 1900

Ottoman Syria Vilayets

Map showing Syria, Mesopotamia, Assyria, and Turkey in 1912

Administrative divisions of Ottoman Syria (early 20th century) in Arabic

Administrative divisions of Ottoman southern Syria in 1914

Ottoman Syria

Ethnographical Map of Turkey and Syria in 1910

Since WWI

Integral Syria 1915

Sykes-Picot agreement to divide Syria

Sykes-Picot agreement to divide Syria

Map of Syria in 1920

Treaty of Sèvres map

Syrian Arab Kingdom in 1920

Syrian Arab Kingdom in 1920

Asia Minor, Syria and Mesopotamia in 1920

French first attempt at dividing Syria in 1920

Map of Syria in 1920

Area in yellow shows Syrian Northern Sanjaks ceded by France to Turkey in the 1921 Ankara Agreement

Area in yellow shows Syrian Northern Sanjaks ceded by France to Turkey in the 1921 Ankara Agreement

Palestine, Syria and Hejaz in 1922, based on Treaty of Sevres

Treaty of Lausanne between Turkey and Syria/Iraq

Treaty of Lausanne border between Turkey and Syria/Iraq

Treaty of Lausanne border between Turkey and Syria/Iraq

Treaty of Lausanne border (in Arabic)

Division of Syria in 1922 by French mandate authorities (in Arabic)

Map of Greater Syria encompassing areas from Cyprus and Adana (Turkey) to Kuwait and Ahwaz (Arabistan), including the Levant and Mesopotamia

Map of Greater Syria encompassing areas from Cyprus and southeastern Turkey to Kuwait, including the Levant and Mesopotamia

Notes and references

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