Editing Southern Levant (section)

===Later historical periods===
The post-Iron Age is generally thought of as historical and accordingly names of periods reflect this. The very latest Iron Age phase is sometimes called "[[Assyria]]n" and the following period is universally known as the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian]] period.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}

The 333 BCE conquest of the region by [[Alexander the Great]] is accepted as the beginning of the [[Hellenistic Greece|Hellenistic]] period. The [[Deuterocanonical books|Deuterocanonical book]] [[2 Maccabees]] records: "Apollonius the son of Tharseas, who at that time was governor of Celesyria and Phenicia", Celesyria being the transliteration of [[Coele-Syria]].<ref>{{Bibleverse|2 Maccabees|3:8}}</ref> It is followed by the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] period, with an Early and Late Roman sub-period. The 4th century is recognised as the beginning of the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] period, that lasted until the [[Arab]] conquest of the region.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}

The following period is known as Early Arab and sub-periods by the names of reigning dynasties. The [[Crusades|Crusader]] conquest of the region is known, appropriately as the [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Crusader period]], which in part overlaps with [[Ayyubid]] rule, and it is followed by a [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk]] period after the conquering power. In 1516–17 the [[Ottoman Empire]] conquered the region and gave its name to the period that lasted until 1917–18, when the British conquered it in [[World War I]].{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}