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Syria is a country in the Middle East, incorporating the northern Levant.
Syria may also refer to:
Geography and history
Syria (region) refers to a wider historical geographic region. In this sense it can refer to:
In modern Middle East
Ancient and classic Near East
Syro-Hittite states , during the Early Iron Age
Coele-Syria , a province of the Seleucid Empire and the coastal Levantine province of the Roman Empire split from Syria Palaestina in the late 2nd century CE
Roman Syria , a Roman province between 64 BCE and 135 CE
Syria Palaestina , a Roman province between 135 CE and 390 CE
Byzantine Syria , a sub-region within Byzantine Diocese of the East
Bilad al-Sham , a province of the early Caliphates, corresponding to former Byzantine Syria
Ottoman Syria , a geopolitical region of Levantine provinces of the Ottoman Empire
Incorporation of the geographic term Syria outside of the Middle East
Little Syria, Manhattan , a neighborhood that existed in New York City, United States of America
Șiria , a commune in Arad County, Romania
Syria, Indiana , an unincorporated community in the United States
Syria, Virginia , a town in the United States
Syria Planum , a plateau in the Tharsis region of Mars
Art, entertainment, and media
Other uses
Syria (ship) , sailing ship launched in 1868
Syria (singer) , the pseudonym of Cecilia Cipressi, an Italian singer-songwriter
Greater Syria , either an Arab nationalistic term to define large parts of the Middle East or another name for the Syrian region
See also
Topics referred to by the same term