Until 2005, Lebanon was occupied and controlled by Syria.
Lebanon is forced to import oil from neigbhoring Arab countries because it doesn't have any oil reserves. as for water Lebanon is a water surplus country in a water deficit region.all of Lebanon's rivers come from inside the country. Lebanon is surrounded by other countries with deserts. unfortunately up until recently the lebanese took the water for granted and didn't build many dams. israel'covetness of Lebanon's water is very well knows.
France ruled Lebanon until 1943.
I wouldn't even call Lebanon stable now. Lebanon's been locked in a series of long standing civil wars between various factions, plus serves as a base for Hezbollah, which has caused multiple attacks from Israel.
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.
No it is not. Homosexuality is technically illegal in Lebanon and gays and lesbians face significant discrimination.
Until the mechanisation of agriculture and introduction of fertilisers, the only large-scale occupation for the entire world was food production
The occupation of Greece from the fall of Constantinople in 1453 to the Ottoman empire until Greece's Independence in 1824.
Elias Sarkis until September 22, 1982, and then after him it was Amine Gemayel
From 1975 until 1990, Lebanon was involved in a civil war. Therefore, it was not a safe place to visit or to live during the 1980's.
Israel defeated the PLO and Syria, and withdrew after achieving it's military objectives in 1983. It kept a "security zone" in Southern Lebanon until may 2000.
The British occupation of Boston was one of the beginning campaigns of the American Revolutionary war. It began in 1774 and lasted until 1776.