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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Levantine</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>Syrian</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Canaanite</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Philistine</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Phoenician</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Levantine periods</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Levantine pottery styles</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Palestinian</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Galilean</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Israelite</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Judaean</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Judahite</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Sea Peoples</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Herodian</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Ghassanid</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Omride</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Near Eastern</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Syro-Palestinian</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers generally to the culture and styles that developed in antiquity in the Levant, which is the Near Eastern area along the eastern coasts of the Mediterranean, corresponding primarily to modern Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel. ]]></note></mads>