Tag: levant

• Know Your History: The Colonial Make-up of the Middle East

  With the tragic events taking place in Iraq, and the term Levant becoming once again a house-hold name, I thought I would go back in time a little bit and outline how the region was influenced by the colonial powers. Levant is a French word which was used to describe the regions of modern day…

  sassevn

  June 22, 2014

  History & Culture

  Israel, lebanon, levant, Middle East