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In the Achaemenid Empire (538–332 BC), Byblos was the fourth of four Phoenician vassal kingdoms established by the Persians; the first three being Sidon, Tyre, and Arwad . Hellenistic rule came with the arrival of Alexander the Great in the area in 332 BC.
The Lycée Franco-Libanais Verdun ( Arabic: اللیسیه الفرنسیة اللبنانیة - فردان ), commonly known as the Lycée Verdun, is a prestigious French lycée located in the upscale Rue Verdun in Beirut, Lebanon. It was founded in 1951 by the Agence pour l'enseignement français à l'étranger, a French governmental ...
Lebanon, the Cedars' Land: Tyre; photo 2u; Tyre entry in historical sourcebook by Mahlon H. Smith with picture of Tyrian silver shekel. Alexander's Siege of Tyre at Ancient History Encyclopedia by Grant Nell; American University of Beirut (AUB) Museum team discovers first Phoenician Temple in Tyre; only complete one in Lebanon
The Tyre headquarters bombings were two suicide bombings against the Israel Defense Forces ' headquarters building in Tyre, Lebanon, in 1982 and 1983. The blasts killed 103 Israelis and 46–59 Lebanese, wounding 95 people and were some of the worst losses ever for the IDF. The second attack occurred in November 1983 and was attributed to ...
Michel Abrass. Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre [1] (Latin: Archeparchy Tyrensis Graecorum Melkitarum) is a metropolitan see of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. In 2009 there were 3,100 baptized. It is currently governed by an Apostolic Administrator, Archbishop Elie Bechara Haddad, B.S., because of the 31 January 2021 removal of ...
Qana is located in the Tyre District within the Governorate (Mohafaza) of South Lebanon. It is 14 km (9 mi) away from the center of the caza and 92 km (57 mi) from the capital of Lebanon, Beirut. Qana stands at an altitude of 300 m (984 ft) and the town's size is approximately 1,100 hectares (2,718 acres). Surrounding villages include Hanaway ...
Mar 10, 2024 · The Mukhtar keep birth, death, marriage and proof of residency records. These records are kept at a village and city level, so it's important to know the village that an ancestor came from to use these records. To see the list of Mukhtar information for this district see Tyre District Mukhtar Records. Guide to Tyre District ancestry, family ...
