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Levant

Former name for the eastern Mediterranean region or, more specifically, the Mediterranean coastal regions of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Palestine.



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From storax, the resin of Liquidambar orientalis, he distilled an oily substance, a monomer that he named styrol.
This was supplied and installed by Storax Racking Systems.
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