Syria (disambiguation)

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

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

 

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