Syria (region) – Wikipedia

The region of Syria (Arabic: ٱلشَّام ‎, Ash-Sām; Hieroglyphic Luwian: Sura/i; Greek: Συρία), known in modern literature as Greater Syria (سُوْرِيَّة ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ, Sūrīyah al-Kubrā), “Syria-Palestine”, or the Levant, is an area in Western Asia east of the Mediterranean Sea.The region has been controlled by numerous different people, including ancient …

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