David,

How about "the Levant" as a term for this region?

Andy

Andrew K. Rindsberg
Geological Survey of Alabama

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It was pointed out that use of the term Palestine can have political
overtones.  I meant it as a geographic term to refer to the general region
encompassing the present-day Israel and nearby regions such as Sinai,
western Jordan, southwestern Syria, and  southern Lebanon and did not intend
any reference to political entities or views.  Fossiliferous limestone
occurs through much of this region, hence a good fossil mollusk fauna and
the historically and archaeologically famous caves.

    Dr. David Campbell
    Old Seashells
    University of Alabama
    Biodiversity & Systematics
    Dept. Biological Sciences
    Box 870345
    Tuscaloosa, AL  35487-0345 USA
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That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a Grand Exalted
Periwinkle of the Mystic Order of Whelks-P.G. Wodehouse, Romance at
Droitgate Spa

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