From there it follows a nearly straight line west through mountainous northern LOCATION@1 and the northern tip of the LOCATION@2 to the Levant , where LOCATION@3 trading ships plied regular routes to LOCATION@4 , and land routes went either north through LOCATION@5 or south to LOCATION@6 .

From there LOCATION@3 trading ships took routes to LOCATION@4 , and land routes went north through LOCATION@5 or south to LOCATION@6 .
