Sham
Sham (also ash-Sham or Bilad-a-Sham) (
Arabic: بلاد الشام , also transliterated bilad-ush-sham etc.) is the Arabic name of the historical
Levant region which covers nowadays most parts of
Syria,
Jordan,
Lebanon,
Israel, and
Palestine (sometimes excluding the
Jazira region in the north-east of modern Syria). The name is sometimes confused with the political and modern term of
Greater Syria. For much of the history of the
Middle East, Bilad al-Sham was closely integrated and shared a common culture and economy. The
colonialism of the post-
World War I years and the rise of a number of states in the region has ended this unity. It is still useful for historians looking at pre-twentieth century history to consider it as a region, however.
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