The term "Levant" often heard in the news roughly corresponds to which of the following regions?
- ARegion along the eastern Mediterranean shoresCorrect
- BRegion along North African shores stretching from Egypt to Morocco
- CRegion along Persian Gulf and Horn of Africa
- DThe entire coastal areas of Mediterranean Sea
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