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They are actually both, as Arabized Phoenicians. Arabization was as much about ethnic intermingling as it was cultural dominance. Arabization is not a Western concept, but it is an Arab concept (Ta3arib) when the Arabs had control over territory, they asserted their culture over and above that of the indigenous people, "making" them into Arabs even if they were not genetically Arab.
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What is a Lebanese invention?
Lebanese people were Phoenicians so they invented the alphabet.
What was Hannibal?
The Carthaginians were Phoenicians - look at today's Lebanese and you will have a good idea.
Are Egyptians considered to Arabs?
Ethnically Lebanese have the blood of ancient people who inhabited their land such as the Phoenicians. Many Lebanese say they are phoenician and DNA testing and history shows that they indeed have no relation with the Arabs today, although many Phoenicians mated with Spanish and a few Greeks.Most of the Lebanese residents however, ARE indeed of Arab origin. That means that they do pocess the Arab blood, as well as the genes. The Lebanese culture is language is very similar to the rest of the Arab world. Also, most lebanese people are Muslim.
In the 1400 what mariners were the world's best?
Possibly the Phoenicians.
What color Was Hannibal?
The Carthaginians were Phoenicians - look at today's Lebanese and you will have a good idea.
Was the colony of axun founded by Persians Arabs Phoenicians or Romans?
Persians
Which two cultures in the middle east have been feuding for decades?
How long a list do you want? Pretty much every two bordering ethnicities in the Middle East have been feuding for the last few centuries, examples include: Arabs and Kurds Turks and Kurds Persians and Kurds Persians and Arabs Christian Lebanese and Sunni Muslim Lebanese Israelis and Arabs (including Palestinians) Settled Arabs and Bedouins Amazigh (Berbers) and Arabs Iraqi Sunni Arabs and Iraqi Shiite Arabs Alawites and Syrian Sunni Arabs and Druze Druze and Palestinians
Are Lebanon people of African decent?
No, Lebanese people are of Levantine decent, more like the Arabs than Africans. Because of its location there are many national origin present and mixed in the population of Lebanon.
What are Phoenicians in Lebanon?
They were a people from the east who settle in the eastern Mediterranean coast, established cities there, and became active traders, setting up trading stations throughout the Mediterranean Sea and went further afield - to Cornwall for tin, and in the east to Mesopotamia.
What race are the Lebanese?
The human race. Generally speaking, the Lebanese are descendant from the Ancient Phoenicians - some would consider part of the line of Javan or Greece today. Their appearance is commonly white skinned with light hair & eyes and have high check bones. They are not commonly considered part of the Arab peoples though a large part of the Lebanese community is Arab genetically. Today, Lebanon has a wide variety of ethnicities living there. As noted above, the majority have Phoenician ancestry. A recent study lead by Greece concluded the following demographically: Lebanese Phoenicians/Canaanites make 50-70 % of the Lebanese people with the second largest ethnic group being those of Arab descent - 20-25%. The next largest grouping are the Syriac-Arameans ( West Aramaic ) 5-10 % . Greeks , Armenians , Hebrews , Assyrians , Kurds , Persians and other ethnic groups form the rest of the Lebanese community 10-15 % . The Lebanese, from their earliest beginnings ( estimated by some to be circa 10,000 B.C. or earlier ) until the year 636 A.D, spoke the Phoenician language - the oldest language in the world . After the Arabs invaded in 636 AD, they enforced the Arabic language.
Is lebanese people and Syrian are people the same kind of people?
The peoplel of Lebanon and the coastal part of Syria share a lot. While the coastal part of Syria seems as natural extension of Lebanon, the rest of Syria shares the characteristics of the Arabic desert. The people of Lebanon, ethnically are: Phoenicians, Syro Aramaic, Arabs, Armenians, Greek, Kurds, Persians and other minorities. While, the mix of ethnicities in Syria is the same, the percentage of Phoenicians in the Lebanese population is higher, while the Aramaic percentage in Syrian population is the highest. The people of the two countries in the past 100 years has been distinguished be Syria following the Arabic and communist system, while Lebanon taking a Westernized path and and engaging in a free economy market. The education, culture, and living standers varies a lot between Lebanon and Syria today.
What is the full name of Fairuz a Lebanese singer?
The full name of the Lebanese singer who goes by the name of Fairuz is Nouhad Wadi Haddad. She is one of the very few singers that has earned the respect and admiration by Arabs.
