Levant: Geographical location & countries

Q.  The area known as 'Levant' sometimes appears in the news in the context of the events related to
- Published on 14 Sep 15

a. Central Asia
b. West Africa
c. Eastern part of South America
d. Eastern Mediterranean

ANSWER: West Africa
 
- The Levant is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the eastern Mediterranean.
- Cyprus,Egypt,Iraq,Israel,Jordan,Lebanon,Palestine,Syria, and Turkey are sometimes considered Levant countries.
- The Levant has been described as the "crossroads of western Asia, the eastern Mediterranean and northeast Africa",and the "northwest of the Arabian plate".

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