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ID: 8711750
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8711750
Record Type:
administrative
Ancient Syria (general region)
Note:
General reference to the ancient area of the fertile crescent. For the The historical region of Western Asia immediately east of the Mediterranean, roughly comprising the area of the modern nation of Syria, prefer "Syria (historical)."
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Ancient Syria
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Ancient Syria
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Place Types:
general region (
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C
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distinguished from ....
Syria
.......... (general region)
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(World, Asia) [7594765]
meaning/usage overlaps with ....
Mesopotamia
.......... (general region)
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(World, Asia) [7001554]
Sources and Contributors:
Ancient Syria..........
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
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