Wiktionary levant TOCright The Levant old French East is a region in the eastern Mediterranean . Levant may also refer to Places Southern Levant , an area of the Levant le du Levant , a French island in the Mediterranean Levant, Maine , a town in Penobscot County, Maine, USA Levant, Cornwall , a town in Cornwall , England Levante, Spain , a region in eastern Spain Levent , a district in Istanbul, Turkey People Ezra Levant 1972 , a Canadian political commentator Oscar Levant 1906 1972 , an American musician, author, and actor Things Levant wind , a wind in southern France Levant journal Levant journal , the primary annual publication of the Council for British Research in the Levant Impression, soleil levant , the French name for the Monet painting Impression, Sunrise Levant Company , English company formed to trade with the Middle East Levant Mine and Beam Engine , at a tin mine on the western coast of Cornwall Levant Sparrowhawk , bird of prey HMS Levant HMS Levant , the name of two ships of the Royal Navy USS Levant 1837 USS Levant 1837 , sloop of war in the United States Navy 1837&ndash 1860 Levant Tower Tour Levant is one of Les Mercuriales twin towers in Paris, France See also Levanter disambiguation Levent Levante Levantine disambiguation disambig ca Llevant desambiguaci de Levante Begriffskl rung es Levante fr Levant it Levante pl Levant pt Levante ro Levant dezambiguizare simple Levant disambiguation sv Levant olika betydelser ... more details
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Levant , after the Levant , an historic name for the Eastern Mediterranean. A third was to have been renamed Levant , but this was never carried out HMS Levant 1758 6 was a 28 gun sixth rate launched in 1758 and broken up by 1780. HMS Venus 1807 HMS Levant was to have been a 36 gun fifth rate captured from the Danes in 1807 as HMS Venus 1807 6 . She was to have been renamed in 1809, but instead was reduced to harbour service that year and was sold in 1815. HMS Levant 1813 6 was a 20 gun sixth rate launched in 1813. She was briefly captured in 1813, but was soon recaptured, and was broken up in 1820. Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Levant, Hms Category Royal Navy ship names ... more details
Levant bole is an earthy clay brought from the Levant , and historically used in medicine for the same purposes as Armenian bole . It was indeed so similar to Armenian bole that some believed them both to be the same, or at least mixtures of each other. Levant bole was used in several compositions, particularly diascodium , to give it color. 1728 See also Armenian bole Category Natural materials Category Medicinal clay ... more details
BLP sources date January 2011 No footnotes date January 2011 Infobox person name Brian Levant image caption birth date birth date and age 1952 8 6 birth place Highland Park, Illinois , United States spouse Alison Logan Children Logan Levant, Aaron Levant, Taylor Levant Brian Michael Levant born August 6, 1952 is an United States American television and film director , screenwriter writer and film producer producer . Levant was born in Highland Park, Illinois . He started his career in 1977 as a writer for the TV series The Jeffersons . He also wrote for, among other TV shows, Mork & Mindy , Still the Beaver , and Happy Days . He is best known for directing the films Beethoven film Beethoven , The Flintstones film The Flintstones , Jingle All the Way and Are We There Yet? . Filmography class wikitable style background b0c4de text align center Year Film Film director Director Film producer Producer Screenwriter Writer Notes 1991 in film 1991 Problem Child 2 Problem Child II center tick center 1992 in film 1992 Beethoven film Beethoven center tick center 1994 in film 1994 The Flintstones film The Flintstones center tick center 1996 in film 1996 Jingle All The Way center tick center Nominated Golden Raspberry Award Razzie Award for Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director Worst Director 1997 in film 1997 Leave It to Beaver film Leave It to Beaver center tick center 2000 in film 2000 The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas center tick center 2002 in film 2002 Snow Dogs center tick center 2005 in film 2005 Are We There Yet? center tick center 2009 in film 2009 Scooby Doo The Mystery Begins ... Levant Brian Levant Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Levant, Brian ALTERNATIVE ... PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Levant, Brian Category 1952 births Category American film directors ... People from Highland Park, Illinois US film director 1950s stub de Brian Levant es Brian Levant fr Brian Levant it Brian Levant nl Brian Levant pl Brian Levant ... more details
See also Levant Mediterranean Air Command Air Headquarters Levant AHQ Levant was a command of the British Royal Air Force RAF established on December 1, 1941 by renaming the command known as H.Q. RAF Palestine and Transjordan . Prior to being disbanded on July 27, 1948, Air H.Q. Levant was a sub command of RAF Middle East Command and its successors. ref name rafweb.org http www.rafweb.org Cmd O2.htm RAF Web Mediterranean Commands ref RAF Middle East Command became a sub command of the Mediterranean Air Command in February 1943. AHQ Iraq was disbanded by being renamed Air H.Q. Levant on 1 May 1955. AHQ Levant moved to Cyprus probably RAF Nicosia on 15 Jan 1956. Disbanded, 1 Apr 1958. Orders of battle 1941 1945 ref name rafweb.org ref Richards, D. and H. Saunders, The Royal Air Force 1939 1945 Volumes 2 3, HMSO, 1953 ref H.Q RAF Palestine and Transjordan November 11, 1941 Air Commodore Leslie Brown No. 259 Wing RAF No. 259 Wing No. 263 Wing RAF No. 263 Wing Air H.Q. Levant October 27, 1942 Group Capt Herbert Mermagen No. 1438 Flight RAF No. 1438 Flight , Bristol Blenheim s No. 1413 Flight RAF No. 1413 Flight Met. , Gloster Gladiator s No. 2 Photo Recon Unit Det. , Hawker Hurricane s No. 213 Group RAF No. 213 Group No. 241 Wing RAF No. 241 Wing No. 451 Squadron RAAF , Hurricane Air H.Q. Levant July 10, 1943 A Cdre Bernard McEntegart No. 208 Squadron RAF No. 208 Squadron , Hurricane No. 1413 Flight RAF No. 1413 Flight Met. , Gladiator Air H.Q. Levant June, 1944 Air Commodore John Coleman RAF officer John Coleman Air H.Q. Levant January, 1945 Air Commodore Hector McGregor Royal New Zealand Air Force RNZAF Met. Meteorological Photo Recon Photographic Reconnaissance Det. Detachment RAAF Royal Australian Air Force. References references DEFAULTSORT Ahq Levant Category Royal Air Force overseas commands Category Military units and formations of the Royal Air Force in World War II Category Military units and formations established in 1941 Category Military units and formations ... more details
Infobox person name Oscar Levant image Oscar Levant in Rhapsody in Blue trailer.jpg caption from the trailer ... 1932 1932 divorced br June Gale 1939 1972 his death 3 children Oscar Levant December 27, 1906 ndash ... Judaism Orthodox Jewish family from Russia , Levant moved to New York with his mother, Annie ..., Levant traveled to Hollywood where his career took a turn for the better. During his stay, he met ... noteworthy being Blame It on My Youth 1934 , now considered a standard. Around 1932, Levant ... an assistantship which he turned down, considering himself unqualified . ref Oscar Levant, The Unimportance ... American music on April 30 of that year. Successful, Levant began on a new orchestral work ..., Levant married for the second time, to singer and actress June Gale n e Gilmartin , part of the singing ..., Levant was perhaps best known to American audiences as one of the regular panelists on the radio quiz show Information Please . Originally scheduled as a guest panelist, Levant proved so quick ... Fadiman . Mr. Levant , as he was always called, was often challenged with musical questions, though ... Levant as having a positive genius for making offhand cutting remarks that couldn t have been sharper ... . From 1947 to 1949, Levant regularly appeared on NBC radio s Kraft Music Hall , starring Al Jolson ... undoubtedly had much to do with their rapport. Both Levant and Jolson appeared as themselves in the Gershwin ... Levant in An American in Paris film An American in Paris 1951 In the early 1950s, Levant was an occasional ... ref Between 1958 and 1960, Levant hosted a television talk show on KCOP TV in Los Angeles , The Oscar Levant Show , which later became television syndication syndicated . It featured his piano playing ...?Search Arg oscar levant show&SL None&Search Code FTIT&PID F3jcpqxoBUGZC0dP5dmCTaIOaqdc&SEQ ... the only Astaire performance to have imperfections, as it was live, and Levant would repeatedly change ... in a slightly revised format it was taped in order to provide a buffer for Levant s antics. This, however ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name Levant Mole status LR lc status system IUCN2.3 regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Mammalia ordo Soricomorpha familia Talpidae genus Talpa genus Talpa species T. levantis binomial Talpa levantis binomial authority Oldfield Thomas Thomas , 1906 synonyms range map Levant Mole area.png range map caption Levant Mole range The Levant Mole Talpa levantis is a species of mammal in the Talpidae family. It is found in Bulgaria , Russia , and Turkey . References Insectivore Specialist Group 1996. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 41482 all Talpa levantis . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007. Soricomorpha T. Category Talpidae soricomorpha stub az Ki ik k st b k bg ca Talp oriental es Talpa levantis eu Talpa levantis hu Fekete tenger vid ki vakond pl Talpa levantis tr Akdeniz k stebe i ... more details
orphan date December 2010 The Levant Union LU is an Economic union economic and political union of four member states Turkey , Lebanon , Syria , Jordan which are located primarily in Eastern Mediterranean . ref cite web url http www.ajanscity.com haber 2090 Levant Birligi Geliyor.html title Schengen e kar Levant Erasmus a kar bni Haldun language Turkish publisher Ajans city date 2010 10 28 accessdate 2010 12 31 ref References reflist Category Economic integration Jordan stub MEast stub Lebanon stub Syria stub Turkey stub ... more details
Infobox person name Ezra Levant image Ezra Levant.jpg image size 225px alt caption Ezra Levant in 2008 ... http www.ezralevant.com Ezra Levant footnotes Ezra Isaac Levant born 1972 is a Canadian lawyer, neoconservatism ... on politics. Early life and education Born in Calgary , Levant holds a commerce degree from the University ... . ref name steed Levant grew up in a suburb of Calgary. He attended a Jewish day school in his childhood before transferring to a public junior high school. Levant campaigned for the Reform Party ... Judy title Reform s unlikely young Turk Snack Packer Levant has made question period a party feast .... As head of the university s speakers committee, Levant organized a debate between Doug Christie ... Rights Commission. ref name steed Levant gained a reputation as the university s leading conservative ... argued for smaller government, including privatization of the Canada Pension Plan . Levant saw youthquake ... movement , Toronto Star , November 25, 1995. ref Political activism Views on Quebec Levant favoured ... tolerance , Financial Post , June 11, 1997 ref Among his 10 reasons were Levant s views that the departure ... environmentalist s it would end corruption in Parliament of Canada Parliament , which Levant blamed ... to leave Canada , Toronto Star , September 21, 1997 ref In 1996, Levant wrote a column saying that if the Liberal ..., Levant worked with David Frum to organize the Winds of Change conference in Calgary , an early attempt ... in 2003. Levant supported Preston Manning s United Alternative initiative in 1999, a more advanced ... , February 14, 2001 ref Political organizer and aide While he was a student at law, Levant was an active ... Along with newly elected MP s Rob Anders , Jason Kenney and Rahim Jaffer , Levant was part of an up .... In 1999, after being dismissed as Preston Manning s legislative assistant, Levant left Ottawa to join ... Logan , Levant proclaimed himself a Stockaholic ref name fife and supported the elder Day in his successful ... Winsor, Hugh, The meaning of Levant s departure , Globe and Mail , May 18, 2001 ref Candidacy and resignation ... more details
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Factory trading post Factories trading centers in already established commercial centers, such as the Levant ... s history, Aleppo served as headquarters for the whole company in the Middle East. By 1588, the Levant ..., under the title of the Company of Merchants of England trading to the Seas of the Levant . The number ... above, twice as much. Each made an oath, at his entrance, not to send any merchandise to the Levant ... at which the European merchandise sent to the Levant were to be sold and for the quality of those ... in the Levant, or if the affair be very important, assemble the whole nation. Here were regulated ... of the Grand Signior the Sultan of Turkey , and the ports of the Levant and Mediterranean Basin excepting ... reading Epstein, M. The Early History of the Levant Company New York Dutton 1908. Covers the years of the periodic .... 22 Issue 3, p613 25 Wood, A.C. A History of the Levant Company Oxford 1935. 1728 Uncategorized date ... more details
Image The Levant 3.png right 300px right thumb The Southern Levant encompasses roughly the southern half of the shaded area. The Levant is the geographical region bordering the Mediterranean , roughly between Egypt and Anatolia modern Turkey . The Southern Levant is roughly encompassed by Palestine , the West Bank , the Gaza Strip , along with the modern sovereign states of Israel , Jordan and the southern part of Lebanon . History Main History of the Southern Levant The archaeology of the southern Levant is generally conceived as a series of phases or stages in human cultural and evolutional development based, for the most part, on tool technology for early pre historic, proto historic and early historic periods. Later phases are generally associated with historical periods and are named accordingly. While there is no single, accepted sequence that all archaeologists agree upon, the basic conventions indicate a number of Stone Age s, followed by a Copper Stone age, in turn followed by a Bronze Age . The names given to them,derived from the Greek language Greek , are also used widely for other regions. The different ages in turn are often divided up into sequential or sometimes parallel chrono cultural facies, sometimes called cultures or periods . Sometimes their names are derived from History of Europe European prehistory , at other times from local sites, often where they were first discovered. Pre history and Stone Age Main Pre history of the Southern Levant History of pottery in the Southern Levant The Southern Levant was one of the major dispersal routes for hominins from ... into use. They lent their names to the different periods. The basic framework for the southern Levant ... of a foreign invasion. Rather, the Iron Age people of the southern Levant were related to their Bronze ... analysis of cultural transition in the southern Levant using dental nonmetric traits ... south as Joppa . References references Category Ancient Levant Category Southern Levant Category Near ... more details
Refimprove date November 2009 Original research date November 2009 Image The Levant 3.png thumb 300px The Levant Over recorded history, there have been many names of the Levant , a large area in the Middle East. These names have applied to a part or the whole of the Levant. On occasion, two or more of these names ... of the names of the Levant are highly politically charged. Perhaps the least politicized name is Levant ... Names Egyptian Names The ancient Egypt ians called the Levant Qdem , Retjenu or Djahy . Ancient ... coastal region of the Levant, centered at Phoenician cities such as Ugarit , Tyre Lebanon Tyre ... and Arab s. However, after Greek times it is usually reserved for only the southern portion of the Levant ... of a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire which roughly corresponded with the Levant . It means ... &mdash became the name of the Levant, and its capital of the time Damascus , under the Caliphate . It remains today as the classical Arabic name for Syria. European Derived Names Levant Medieval Italy Italian s called the region Levant e , akin to the words levity and levitate , after its easterly ... Franks Frankish The Crusades Crusaders called the Levant Outremer in French language French , which means overseas. In France , this general term was colloquially applied more specifically to the Levant ... to the holy sites of the Levant &mdash especially Shiloh Biblical Shiloh , Jerusalem , Bethlehem and Nazareth &mdash but is also often used to refer to the Levant and historical Canaan as a whole. Note that this term in Islam refers not only to the Levant, but to the Arabia n region of Hijaz ... Naqada culture , especially in the Fertile Crescent Levant and Mesopotamia , but also extended to sites ... Fertile Crescent The term Fertile Crescent includes Mesopotamia in addition to the Levant and was coined ... Reflist DEFAULTSORT Names Of The Levant Category Levant Category Names of places in Asia Levant Category ... of the Middle East Category Ancient Near East Category Ancient Levant Category Fertile Crescent ... more details
The Army of the Levant Arm e du Levant identifies the armed forces of France and then Vichy France which occupied, and were in part recruited from, a portion of the Levant during the interwar period and early ... revolt of 1925 to 1927, the Syrian Legion was reorganised into the Special Troops of the Levant Troupes Speciales du Levant augmented by North African infantry tirailleurs and cavalry spahi s , French ... ese . The whole force constituted the Army of the Levant and was responsible for keeping order in both ... thumb left Circassian cavalry of the Army of the Levant with their commander Colonel Philibert Collet ... , Circassians Circassian and Alawi minorities. During the period from 1926 to 1939, the Army of the Levant ... or the main mosque of Damascus. Army of the Levant during World War II On 22 June, after the Fall of France , the forces in the Levant sided with the Vichy Government of Marshal Philippe P tain ... of the Levant from the British Mandate of Palestine and from the Kingdom of Iraq , recently occupied ... of the Levant was commanded by General Henri Dentz . Dentz was also the High Commissioners of French mandated Syria and Lebanon High Commissioner of the Levant . Lieutenant General Joseph Antoine .... French ground forces In 1941 the Army of the Levant was still divided into troops from Metropolitan France , colonial troops, and the Special Troops of the Levant Troupes Speciales du Levant ref ... battalions bataillons de Levant . In addition, there were two artillery groups and supporting units ... Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade was formed from Polish exiles in the Levant. The brigade specialized ... The Vichy French Air Force Arm e de l Air de Vichy in the Levant was relatively strong at the outbreak ... sent back to Metropolitan France . This left the Vichy French in the Levant with only a number of obsolete ... available to support the Vichy forces in the Levant. End of French rule Following the Vichy defeat in 1941, the French and African components of the Army of the Levant were for the most part repatriated ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Levant, Maine settlement type New England town Town nickname motto Images image skyline imagesize image caption image flag image seal Maps pushpin map Maine pushpin label position left the position of the pushpin label left, right, top, bottom, none pushpin map caption Location within the state of Maine pushpin mapsize image map mapsize map caption image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 Location coordinates region US ME subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name United States subdivision type1 Political divisions of the United States State subdivision name1 Maine subdivision type2 List of counties in Maine County subdivision name2 Penobscot County, Maine Penobscot government footnotes government type leader title leader name leader title1 leader name1 established title established date Area unit pref Imperial area footnotes area magnitude area total km2 77.6 area land km2 77.6 area water km2 0.0 area total sq mi 30.0 area land sq mi 30.0 area ... Levant is a town in Penobscot County, Maine Penobscot County , Maine , United States . The population ... and the Kennebec River . In 1813 the plantation became a town, and was given the name Levant, which ... broke away from the rest of Levant, and took part of the neighboring town of Glenburn, Maine Glenburn ... had 1,841 inhabitants. In early 1824, Levant Congregational minister John Bovee Dods claimed ... in Levant. He later moved to Massachusetts and became an early psychologist , publishing The Philosophy ... One of the last tarring and feathering episodes in Maine took place in Levant in 1899, the victim ... had made about 15 converts in Levant, and encouraged them to turn over all their property to Sandford ... External links http www.townoflevant.net Town of Levant Penobscot County, Maine Coord 44 52 09 N 68 56 05 W type city region US ME display title Category Towns in Penobscot County, Maine ca Levant es Levant Maine ht Levant, Maine vo Levant ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Levant, Kansas settlement type Unincorporated community nickname motto Images image skyline imagesize image caption image flag image seal Maps image map mapsize map caption image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 pushpin map Kansas Location coordinates region US KS subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name United States subdivision type1 Political divisions of the United States State subdivision name1 Kansas subdivision type2 List of counties in Kansas County subdivision name2 Thomas County, Kansas Thomas Government government footnotes government type leader title leader name leader title1 leader name1 established title established date Area unit pref area footnotes area magnitude area total km2 area land km2 area water km2 area total sq mi area land sq mi area water sq mi Population population as of population footnotes population total population density km2 population density sq mi General information timezone Central Time Zone Central CST utc offset 6 timezone DST CDT utc offset DST 5 elevation footnotes elevation m elevation ft 3310 latd 39 latm 23 lats 08 latNS N longd 101 longm 11 longs 42 longEW W coordinates display Area postal codes & others postal code type ZIP code postal code 67743 area code Area code 785 785 blank name Geographic Names Information System GNIS feature ID blank info 470431 GR 3 blank1 name blank1 info website footnotes Levant is an unincorporated community in Thomas County, Kansas Thomas County , Kansas , United States . Levant is convert 7.5 mi km west of Colby, Kansas Colby . Levant has a post office with ZIP code 67743. ref http www.zipinfo.com cgi local zipsrch.exe?cnty cnty&zip 67743&Go Go ZIP Code Lookup ref References reflist Thomas County, Kansas Category Populated places in Thomas County, Kansas Category Unincorporated communities in Kansas ThomasCountyKS geo stub ... more details
Taxobox name Levant Sparrowhawk status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref IUCN2008 assessors BirdLife International year 2008 title Accipiter brevipes id 144397 downloaded 19 February 2009 ref image Accipiter brevipes.jpg image width 250px regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Accipitriformes familia Accipitridae genus Accipiter species A. brevipes binomial Accipiter brevipes binomial authority Nikolai Alekseevich Severtzov Severtzov , 1850 The Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal Bird of prey raptor s such as eagle s, buzzard s and harrier bird harrier s. It breeds in forests from Greece and the Balkans east to southern Russia . It is bird migration migratory , wintering from Egypt across to southwestern Iran . It will migrate in large flocks, unlike the more widespread Eurasian Sparrowhawk The Levant Sparrowhawk nests in trees, building a new nest, lined with green leaves, each year. The normal clutch is 3 5 eggs. It hunts small bird s, insect s and lizard s in woodland, relying on surprise as it flies from a perch to catch its prey unaware. This bird is a small raptor with short broad wings and a longish tail, both adaptations to manoeuvring through trees. It is similar to the Eurasian Sparrowhawk, but its shorter tail and more pointed wings give it a more falcon falcon like appearance. Levant Sparrowhawk is 30 37 cm long with a 63 76 cm wingspan. The female is larger than the male, but the difference is not as marked as with Eurasian Sparrowhawk. The adult male is blue grey above, with dark wingtips, and barred reddish below. The adult female is slate grey above with darkish wingtips. She is barred reddish brown below, and may show a dark throat line. The juvenile is dark brown above and has dark streaked underparts. It shows a dark throat ... Sparrowhawk, Levant bird stub az Avropa t viyi bg br Sparfell treid berr ca Esparver ... more details
about History of the Levant what the area is called by natives and others Names of the Levant region s history History of the Middle East Image The Levant 3.png right 300px thumb The Levant The Levant is a geographical term that refers to a large area in Southwest Asia , south of the Taurus Mountains , bounded by the Mediterranean Sea in the west, the Arabian Desert in the south, and the Zagros Mountains in the east. It stretches 400 miles north to south from the Taurus Mountains to the Sinai desert, and 70 to 100 miles east to west between the sea and the Arabian desert. ref A history of ancient Israel and Judah by Miller, James Maxwell, and Hayes, John Haralson Westminster John Knox, 1986 ISBN 066421262X. p.36 ref The term is also sometimes used to refer to modern events or states in the region immediately bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea Israel , Palestinian territories , Jordan , Lebanon , and Syria . The term normally does not include Anatolia although at times Cilicia may be included , the Caucasus Mountains , or any part of the Arabian Peninsula proper. The Sinai peninsula ... area forming a land bridge between the Levant and northern Egypt . Stone Age Anatomically ... region of the Levant, Natufian culture at Cayonu and Mureybet developed the first fully agricultural ... of the region, the first chalcolithic culture of the Levant. Bronze Age The first cities started ... of Babylonia during the 18th and 17th centuries BC, both of which did not extend as far as the Levant ... and Judah and other parts of the Levant lasted until 636 , when it was conquered by Arabs and became ... Iraq Pre history of the Southern Levant History of the Southern Levant History of pottery in Palestine ... using the ref erences tags reflist 2 General references Mansel, Philip, Levant , John Murray ... Near East DEFAULTSORT History Of The Levant Category History of the Levant Category Ancient ... Asia Category Levant ar pl Syropalestyna ... more details
Portal Ancient Near East The Council for British Research in the Levant CBRL was formed in 1998 with the amalgamation of the British Institute at Amman for Archaeology and History and the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem . br Since 2003, the http www.cbrl.org.uk cbrl amman.shtm British Institute Amman and the http www.cbrl.org.uk cbrl jerusalem.shtm Kenyon Institute in Jerusalem are providing researchers with access to research labs, accommodation, libraries and computing equipment. Purpose and activities The CBRL promotes the study of the humanities and social science s e.g. archaeology , geography , history , literature , linguistics , social anthropology as relevant to the countries of the Levant Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories and Syria . The CBRL s main sponsor is the British Academy , but significant contributions are made by membership subscriptions, sale of publications, other grants, and revenue generated by the services provided. The CBRL currently sponsors a large number of research projects in the Levant, including archaeological excavation, survey and publication. Some of the major projects include work on the Palaeolithic in Lebanon the beginnings of farming in southern Jordan large regional multi period archaeological and environmental surveys in Syria and Cyprus combining traditional techniques with cutting edge use of satellite imagery and computerised recording architectural surveys throughout the Levant, but perhaps especially ... s research journal, Levant ISSN 0075 8914 , is employed to document and promote the research ... reviews. As of 2008, Levant is published biannually by Maney Publishing , both in print and online ... in the Levant website http www.cbrl.org.uk publications publications default.shtm CBRL Publications CBRL Publications Bulletin, Levant and Monographs http www.maney.co.uk journals lev Levant at Maney Publishing DEFAULTSORT Council For British Research In The Levant Category 1998 establishments Category ... more details
File Levant Mine by John Gibson.jpg thumb Boiler house with chimney and Winding engine whim building on the left, pump engine house to the right File Lelant Engine.jpg thumb Levant Mine and Beam Engine is a National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty National Trust property at Trewellard , Pendeen , near St Just in Penwith St Just , Cornwall , England, UK. Its main attraction is that it has the world s only Cornish engine Cornish beam engine still operated by steam on its original site. There is also a visitor centre, a short underground tour, and a cliff top footpath that leads to Botallack Mine . ref cite web url http www.nationaltrust.org.uk main w vh w visits w findaplace w levantmineandbeamengine title Levant Mine and Beam Engine publisher National Trust accessdate 2011 10 15 ref The property is on the site of the former Levant Mine , established in 1820 and closed in 1930, where tin and copper ores were raised. The mine reached a depth of about 600 metres. It got the nickname mine under the sea , because tunnels were driven up to 2.5 km from the cliffs under the sea. File Levant Mine Gebaeude en.jpg thumb center 300px Overview sketch of the buildings and ruins of the Levant Mine buildings and ruins still existing shown in red See also Man engine for an account of the accident in the mine on 20 October 1919. Geevor Tin Mine , just to the north east of the Levant complex. References Reflist External links http crocat.cornwall.gov.uk dserve dserve.exe?dsqIni Dserve.ini&dsqApp Archive&dsqDb Catalog&dsqCmd Overview.tcl&dsqSearch text levant Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for Levant http www.landsendarea.com trails levant.htm Levant Mine Self guided trail IoE 69226 commonscat Levant Mine Cornwall struct stub Category Grade II listed buildings in Cornwall Category Tin mines in Cornwall Category Copper mines in Cornwall Category Mining equipment ... dms de Levant Mine ... more details
Image BeachIleDuLevant.jpg 220px right thumb Beach at Ile du Levant Image Beach sign le du Levant 03886.JPG 220px right thumb Board at the trail to the beach le du Levant IPA fr il dy l v pron , sometimes referred to as Le Levant , is a Mediterranean List of islands of France French island off the coast of the French Riviera Riviera , near Toulon . It is one of the three that constitute the les d Hy res of France . The island is 8 km long, 2 km wide, and located in the Gulf of Lion geographical coordinates 43 03 northern latitude, 6 28 eastern length . About 90 of the island is off limits to the public, reserved for a Military of France military missile test center the Centre d Essais de Lancement de Missiles which has launched numerous research and testing rockets since its establishment in 1948. In 1931, Gaston and Andr Durville, both doctors, established H liopolis, Europe s first village dedicated to naturism , on the island. The village was built on hillsides and is dominated by Fort Napoleon I of France Napoleon . The village has a small school, a city hall, and a police station. There is one food shop Le Bazar d H liopolis and a few speciality clothing shops, offering varieties of le minimum , the local dress code. There are a number of hotels and bed and breakfasts ... form the Association Syndicale Libre des Propri taires l le du Levant. Outside of H liopolis, the other ... le du Levant, Editions Jean Claude Latt s, 1999. Ferry service to the island is available from Hy res ... sites ileevant.htm Ile du Levant Chronology and Launch Log http maps.google.com maps?t k&ll 43.036525,6.466656 ... title DEFAULTSORT Ile Du Levant Category Islands of France Levant Category French Riviera Category Var department Category Rocket launch sites Category Naturist resorts de le du Levant fr le du Levant it le du Levant nl le du Levant no le du Levant nn le du Levant pms Le Levant pl le du Levant pt le du Levant ru sv le du Levant ... more details
Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image File USS Levant.jpg 300px Ship caption Levant Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship country Ship flag USN flag 1860 Ship name USS Levant Ship namesake Ship ... guns br 13 32 pounder carronades Ship armor Ship notes The first USS Levant was a second class sloop of war in the United States Navy . Levant was launched on 28 December 1837 by New York Navy Yard and commissioned ... & Pacific, 1838&ndash 1845 Levant sailed from New York on 1 April 1838 for four years service in the West ... the Pacific Squadron under Commodore John D. Sloat . From 1843 to 1845 Levant cruised between Panama ... policy. Mexican American War, 1846&ndash 47 With the Mexican American War impending, Levant was, ordered ... later a landing force from Levant , USS Savannah 1842 2 , and USS Cyane 1837 2 took possession of the recently ... Squadron because of illness, and sailed 29 July in Levant for the east coast. Upon arriving ... Levant was recommissioned on 12 July 1852, Comdr. George P. Upshur in command, and sailed for the Mediterranean . When Commander Upshur died on board Levant off Spezia, Italy on 3 November, Comdr. Louis ..., Italy , Levant loaded statues by American sculptor Horatio Greenough , including one of George ... and his family at Piraeus, Greece on 24 June, Levant sailed to Constantinople , arriving on 5 July. Returning to Hampton Roads , Virginia , on 29 April 1855, Levant decommissioned at New York Navy ... on 31 October, Comdr. William N. Smith in command, Levant sailed on 13 November for Rio de Janeiro ... , Levant arrived Huangpu District, Guangzhou Whampoa on 28 October. Comdr. Andrew Hull Foote Andrew H. Foote then sent a landing party from Levant and his own ship, USS Portsmouth 1843 2 , to Guangzhou ... on the Pearl River China Pearl River below Canton. On the 16th Levant was towed upriver to join ... for American shipping. Levant , close in through most of the action, received the major part of the Chinese ... of the earthworks was completed by 5 December, and Levant cruised between Hong Kong and Shanghai ... more details
Levant HMS Levant was a 20 gun Cyrus class post ship Cyrus class sixth rate of the Royal Navy built ... as a sloop of war . Career Levant was one of 16 ships of the Cyrus class that were constructed after the French prize rules prize HMS Bonne Citoyenne 1796 Bonne Citoyenne . Levant was launched in December ... April 1814. Under Douglas, Levant travelled from England to Quebec and then to Gibraltar . While escorting ... had not received official information about the Treaty of Ghent . Cyane and Levant were able to fire ... first. After placing a prize crew on board Cyane , Stewart chased Levant down. The sloop surrendered ... forces, Levant was chased back into Porto Praya and retaken. Since Portugal was unable to maintain its neutrality on its former soil the United States was compensated for the loss of Levant by the Portuguese government. Levant was commanded by John Sheridan Royal Navy officer John Sheridan from June ... Levant 1813 , HMS Category 1810s ships Category Ships built in England Category Cyrus class post ships Category Captured ships de HMS Levant ... more details
For an overview of the history of the general region History of the Southern Levant The prehistory of the Southern Levant includes the various cultural changes that occurred, as revealed by archaeological evidence, prior to recorded traditions in the area of the Southern Levant , also referred to by a number of other largely overlapping historical designations, including Canaan , the Land of Israel Eretz Israel , and Palestine . The article also discusses how the prehistoric period was viewed in early traditions regarding the region. Cultures The earliest traces of the human occupation in the Southern Levant are documented in Ubeidiya in the Jordan Rift Valley Jordan Valley , dated to the Lower Palaeolithic period, ca. 1.4 millions years ago. The stone tool lithic assemblages relate to the Early Acheulian culture. Later Acheulian sites include Bnot Ya akov Bridge Gesher Benot Ya akov , Tabun Cave and others dated to the time span of ca. 1,400,000 250,000 years ago. Lower Palaeolithic human remains from the Southern Levant are scarce they include isolated teeth from Ubeidiya, long bone fragments from Gesher Benot Ya akov, and a fragmentary skull from Zuttiyeh Cave The Galilee Man . The Middle Palaeolithic period ca. 250,000 48,000 is represented in the Levant by the Mousterian culture, known from numerous sites both caves and open air sites through the region. The chronological subdivision ... . The Upper Palaeolithic period is dated in the Levant to ca. 48,000 20,000. Epi Palaeolithic period ... Iron Age II Iron II color barzel2 timeline See also Time periods in the region of the Southern Levant History of pottery in the Southern Levant Names of the Levant History of the Levant History of Palestine ... Levant Archaeology of the Southern Levant useful bibliographies Category Ancient Levant Category History of the Levant Category Canaan Category Prehistoric Asia Southern Levant Category History of Western Asia Category Prehistory of the Middle East Category Southern Levant bg ... more details
otherships HMS Levant Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Ship caption Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship country nowrap Great Britain Ship flag File British White Ensign 1707.svg 60px Royal Navy Ensign Ship name HMS Levant Ship ordered 6 May 1757 Ship builder Henry Adams, Bucklers Hard Ship laid down June 1757 Ship launched 6 July 1758 Ship acquired Ship completed 16 June 1759 at Portsmouth Dockyard Ship commissioned October 1758 Ship decommissioned Ship in service Ship out of service Ship renamed Ship struck Ship reinstated Ship honours Ship captured Ship fate Taken to pieces at Deptford September 1780 Ship status Ship notes Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class 28 gun Coventry class frigate Coventry class sixth rate sailing frigate frigate Ship tons burthen 595 small fraction 34 94 small Builder s Old Measurement bm Ship length convert 118 ft 5 in m 1 abbr on gundeck br convert 97 ft 3.625 in m 1 abbr on keel Ship beam convert 33 ft 11 in m 1 abbr on Ship draught Ship hold depth convert 10 ft 6 in m 2 abbr on Ship sail plan Full rigged ship Ship complement 200 officers and men Ship armament 28 guns comprising Upperdeck 24 9 pounder guns Quarterdeck 4 3 pounder guns 12 pdr swivel gun s Ship notes HMS Levant was a 28 gun Coventry class frigate Coventry class sixth rate Sailing frigate frigate of the Royal Navy . References reflist Robert Gardiner, The First Frigates , Conway Maritime Press, London 1992. ISBN 0 85177 601 9. David Lyon, The Sailing Navy List , Conway Maritime Press, London 1993. ISBN 0 85177 617 5. Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail , 1714 to 1792 , Seaforth Publishing, London 2007. ISBN 978 1 84415 700 6. Coventry class frigate DEFAULTSORT Levant 1758 Category Frigates of the Royal Navy Category 1750s ships Category Ships built in England UK frigate stub ... more details
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