Coele-Syria was a region of Syria in classical antiquity. The term originally referred to the "hollow" Beqaa Valley between the Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon mountain ranges, but sometimes it was applied to a broader area of the region of Syria. The area is now part of modern-day Syria and Lebanon.
Coele-Syria
Coele Syria
Greek colonies
Coele Syria. Heliopolis
Syria or Sham is a historical region located east of the Mediterranean Sea in West Asia, broadly synonymous with the Levant. Other synonyms are Greater Syria or Syria-Palestine. The region boundaries have changed throughout history. However, in modern times, the term "Syria" alone is used to refer to the Syrian Arab Republic.
The ancient city of Apamea, Syria was an important trading center, and a prosperous city in Hellenistic and Roman times
Ruins at Sergiopolis
Palmyra, one of ancient Syria's wealthiest cities
1803 Cedid Atlas, showing Ottoman Syria in yellow