Greater Syria
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Greater Syria is a historical region in the Eastern Mediterranean that traditionally encompasses modern-day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, and parts of neighboring territories.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Greater Syria canonical | 11 |
| Ancient Syria | 2 |
| Syro-Palestine | 2 |
| ancient Syria | 2 |
| Byzantine Syria | 1 |
| Greater Syria and Egypt | 1 |
| Syria-Palestine | 1 |
| Syria-Palestine region | 1 |
| Syro-Egyptian region | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5673642 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Greater Syria Context triple: [Arab Revolt, location, Greater Syria]
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Coele-Syria
Coele-Syria was a historical region of the ancient Near East, roughly corresponding to parts of modern Syria and Lebanon, that was frequently contested between the Ptolemaic and Seleucid kingdoms.
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Syro-Anatolian region
The Syro-Anatolian region is an ancient Near Eastern cultural zone spanning parts of modern Syria and southern Turkey, where diverse Luwian, Aramean, and Neo-Hittite states flourished and interacted.
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western Syria
Western Syria is the coastal and inland belt of Syria along the Mediterranean, encompassing key cities and ports and forming one of the country’s most densely populated and strategically important regions.
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Eastern Syria
Eastern Syria is a predominantly desert region along the Euphrates River that became a key battleground and strategic area during the Syrian Civil War and the fight against ISIS.
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E.
Cilicia
Cilicia was an ancient coastal region in southeastern Asia Minor, known for its strategic location, rugged terrain, and role as a crossroads between the Mediterranean and the Near East.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Greater Syria Target entity description: Greater Syria is a historical region in the Eastern Mediterranean that traditionally encompasses modern-day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, and parts of neighboring territories.
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A.
Coele-Syria
Coele-Syria was a historical region of the ancient Near East, roughly corresponding to parts of modern Syria and Lebanon, that was frequently contested between the Ptolemaic and Seleucid kingdoms.
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B.
Syro-Anatolian region
The Syro-Anatolian region is an ancient Near Eastern cultural zone spanning parts of modern Syria and southern Turkey, where diverse Luwian, Aramean, and Neo-Hittite states flourished and interacted.
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C.
western Syria
Western Syria is the coastal and inland belt of Syria along the Mediterranean, encompassing key cities and ports and forming one of the country’s most densely populated and strategically important regions.
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D.
Eastern Syria
Eastern Syria is a predominantly desert region along the Euphrates River that became a key battleground and strategic area during the Syrian Civil War and the fight against ISIS.
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E.
Cilicia
Cilicia was an ancient coastal region in southeastern Asia Minor, known for its strategic location, rugged terrain, and role as a crossroads between the Mediterranean and the Near East.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural region
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geographical region ⓘ historical region ⓘ |
| associatedWithIdeology |
Arab nationalism
NERFINISHED
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Pan-Syrian nationalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borders |
Arabian Desert
NERFINISHED
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Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Sinai Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Taurus Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsRegion |
Galilee
NERFINISHED
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Golan Heights NERFINISHED ⓘ Hauran NERFINISHED ⓘ Palestine region NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoenicia NERFINISHED ⓘ Transjordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coreCity |
Aleppo
NERFINISHED
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Amman NERFINISHED ⓘ Beirut NERFINISHED ⓘ Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Palestine
NERFINISHED
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modern-day Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ modern-day Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ modern-day Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ modern-day Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of northern Saudi Arabia ⓘ parts of northwestern Iraq ⓘ parts of southern Turkey ⓘ |
| historicalName |
Bilad al-Sham
NERFINISHED
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Coele-Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria-Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ Syro-Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Sham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageHistoricallySpoken |
Arabic
NERFINISHED
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Aramaic ⓘ Greek ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eastern Mediterranean
NERFINISHED
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Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionsHistoricallyPresent |
Alawite Islam
NERFINISHED
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Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ Druze faith ⓘ Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousSignificanceFor |
Christianity
NERFINISHED
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Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | antiquity to early 20th century ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
Euphrates River (upper reaches)
NERFINISHED
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Jordan River NERFINISHED ⓘ Litani River NERFINISHED ⓘ Orontes River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Arab nationalists
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Syrian nationalists ⓘ historians of the Levant ⓘ |
| wasUnderRuleOf |
Abbasid Caliphate
NERFINISHED
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Ayyubid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Crusader states NERFINISHED ⓘ French Mandate authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ Mamluk Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Greater Syria Description of subject: Greater Syria is a historical region in the Eastern Mediterranean that traditionally encompasses modern-day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, and parts of neighboring territories.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.