Complex sentence: Historically, the village was strategically and commercially significant because of its location overlooking the Plain of Hittin, which opens onto the coastal lowlands of Lake Tiberias to the east, and to the west, is linked by mountains passes to the plains of lower Galilee.
Split into simpler sentences: Historically, the village was strategically and commercially significant because of its location overlooking the Plain of Hittin. The plain opens onto the coastal lowlands of Lake Tiberias to the east, and to the west is linked by mountains passes to the plains of lower Galilee.