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Beirut este capitala Libanului și cel mai mare oraș din această țară, având peste două milioane de locuitori.
Beirut (/ b eɪ ˈ r uː t / bay-ROOT; Arabic: بيروت, romanized: Bayrūt ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. As of 2014, Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region and the thirteenth-largest in the Arab world.
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Berytus (/ ˈ b ɛ r ɪ t ə s, b ə ˈ r aɪ t ə s /; Phoenician: 𐤁𐤓𐤕, romanized: Biruta; Ancient Greek: Βηρυτός, romanized: Bērytós; Latin: Bērȳtus; Arabic: بِيرِيتُوس), briefly known as Laodicea in Phoenicia (Ancient Greek: Λαοδίκεια ἡ ἐν Φοινίκῃ) or Laodicea in Canaan from the 2nd century ...
- Roman republic (merchants from early Laodicea/Berytus recorded by 110–109 BCE)
- Beirut, Lebanon
- Settlement
Roman period. Byzantine period. Middle Ages. Ottoman rule. Republic of Lebanon. Second Lebanese Republic. Notes. References. History of Beirut. View of the Beirut Peninsula, 2015. The earliest settlement of Beirut was on an island in the Beirut River, but the channel that separated it from the banks silted up and the island ceased to be.
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Excavations in the downtown area have unearthed layers of Phoenician, Hellenistic, Roman, Arab, and Ottoman remains. Prior to 1975, the country was considered the banking capital of the Arab world and was widely known as the " Switzerland of the Middle East" due to numerous financial institutions based in Beirut.
Initially settled by the Phoenicians, it gained prominence under Roman rule in the 1st century bc. It was captured by the Arabs in ad 635. Christian Crusaders held Beirut (1110–1291), after which it was dominated by the Mamlūk dynasty. In 1516 it fell under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Beirut ( / beɪˈruːt / bay-ROOT; Arabic: بيروت, romanized: Bayrūt ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. As of 2014, Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region and the thirteenth-largest in the Arab world.
