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English: Location map of the en:Southern Levant, based on an approximate, geographic definition:
  • "The southern Levant, as defined here, is delimited by the Litani River to the north, the Jordan Rift Valley to the East, the Gulf of Aqaba to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea and Sinai Desert to the west."[1]
  • "The region defined as the Southern Levant encompasses the territory crossed by the valleys of the Litani and Jordan, including the Mediterranean littoral extending from Lebanon to northern Sinai. Moreover, the Negev, the Sinai peninsula and Jordan are considered parts of this vast region."[2]
  • "The southern Levant refers to all of the territory south of the headwaters of the Orontes River and west of the Syrian Desert"[3]

Legend

  Core area of the Southern Levant
  Other regions sometimes included in the Southern Levant

References

  1. Peregrine, Peter N. (2003) Encyclopedia of Prehistory: Volume 8: South and Southwest Asia, Springer Science & Business Media, pp. 86 ISBN: 9780306462627.
  2. Yakar, Jak (1998). "The socio-economic structure of prehistoric communities in the Southern Levant, ca. 13000-8000 BP". Documenta Praehistorica XXV.
  3. Routledge, Bruce (2004) Moab in the Iron Age: Hegemony, Polity, Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania Press, pp. 223 ISBN: 081223801X.
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current14:32, 2 August 2016Thumbnail for version as of 14:32, 2 August 2016524 × 524 (418 KB)Joe RoeTweaked ranges per en:Talk:Southern Levant#Maps
21:05, 26 July 2016Thumbnail for version as of 21:05, 26 July 2016524 × 524 (416 KB)Joe RoeDifferentiated "core" and "inclusive" definitions
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