Jdeideh is a coastal municipality in Lebanon. Jeita is a town in Lebanon.
Phoenicia, the coastal area of present day Syria/Lebanon, with a major centre of Carthage in today's Tunisia.
Phoenicia, the coastal area of present day Syria/Lebanon, with a major centre of Carthage in today's Tunisia.
PhoeniciaHistorically, the name Lebanon was used to refer to the mountains that run along the central part of the country. However, this term did not come to define the coastal regions, like Tyre, Beirut, and Tripoli, until the 19th century, when the French became interested in carving a sphere of influence in both the coastal and mountainous regions and used the name for the interior (which was more theoretically valuable because of its Maronite Christian population) for the entire area. The name has stuck because of the French Mandate of Greater Lebanon and the now-independent country of Lebanon. Prior to this, the seaside area, which was more economically prosperous, was named for the people who first developed civilization there, the Phoenicians.
Phoenicia was an ancient Semitic civilization situated on the western, coastal part of the Fertile Crescent and centered on the coastline of modern Lebanon and Tartus Governorate in Syria.
Lebanon has a total area of approximately 4,036 square miles. This small country is roughly 217 miles long and varies in width, averaging about 30 miles. Its geographical features include a narrow coastal plain, mountainous regions, and the Bekaa Valley.
Lebanon is characterized by its stunning mountainous terrain, notably the Lebanon Mountain Range, which features peaks like Qurnat as-Sawda. The country also boasts fertile coastal plains along the Mediterranean Sea, providing a distinct contrast to its rugged interior. Additionally, Lebanon has notable water forms, including the Litani River, the longest river in the country, and several natural lakes, such as Lake Qaraoun, which are vital for irrigation and hydroelectric power. The combination of these land and water forms contributes to Lebanon's rich biodiversity and scenic landscapes.
Lebanon was a creation of the French colonizers. During Ottoman times, current Lebanon was part (but not all) of the Vilayet of Beirut (which extended into what is now northern Israel, and the Syrian Alawite State). Because of the historic relationship between the Maronite Catholics and their fellow Catholic Leaders in France and the Papacy, Mount Lebanon was given semi-autonomy in the Ottoman Empire as the Mutasarrifat of Mount Lebanon and was under a somewhat different administration as the rest of Lebanon (Tripoli, Beirut, Tyre).When the French took control of the area in 1919 as a result of the Treaty of Versailles and the Sykes-Picot Agreement, they chose to merge the Maronite Catholic areas in the Anti-Lebanon mountains with the nearby coastal regions that had large Sunni and Shiite Muslim populations and create "Greater Lebanon". It is these borders that have stayed to the present.
Mount Lebanon was a province in Lebanon during the ottoman period, the French expanded it to become Lebanon. Currently, Mount Lebanon is one of 6 governorates of Lebanon, and is situated in the middle.
The ancient Phoenicians lived in Lebanon under the capital Tyre. They were a Semitic group people who prospered in coastal trading.
Phoenicia was an ancient Semitic civilization situated on the western, coastal part of the Fertile Crescent and centered on the coastline of modern Lebanon and Tartus Governorate in Syria.
No, Lebanon is not in Africa. Lebanon is in Asia.