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When the Levant became Achaemenid in the year 539 BCE, it had already been part of a large political entity, the Late Babylonian Empire with her capital in distant Babylon. Following the reorganization under Darius I, an area coinciding approximately with the present‐day states of Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Cyprus, and Jordan became the Fifth Satrapy “abar Nahar” (in Aramaic). This satrapy with the exception of Cyprus will be the subject of this chapter. The Lebanese and north Israeli coast comprises the core region of ancient Phoenicia.

The archeological remains consist of architecture, ceramic, clay figurines, seals, sculpture, metal implements, and coins. The majority of this material and the most spectacular one was excavated on the coastal strip. The inland was less populated and is therefore today poorer in archeological remains.