Via Maris

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Via Maris (a Latin phrase meaning 'road of the sea') was an ancient trade route, dating from the early Bronze Age, linking Egypt with the northern empires of Syria, Anatolia and Mesopotamia – along the Mediterranean coast of modern-day Egypt, Palestine, Israel, Turkey and Syria. Today, Via Maris is a historic road that runs in part along the Israeli Mediterranean coast. Together with the King's Highway, the Via Maris was one of the major trade routes connecting Egypt and the Levant with Anatolia and Mesopotamia. It was in use from the 6th century BC, until the end of the Mamluk Sultanate in the 16th century. It followed the coastal plain before crossing over into the plain of Jezreel and the Jordan valley. Other names are "Way of the Philistines", "Great Trunk Road" and "International Coastal Highway." The Via Maris was crossed by other trading routes, so that one could travel from Africa to Europe or from Asia to Africa. It began in al-Qantara and went east to Pelusium, following the northern...

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