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The culture of Lebanon and the Lebanese people emerged from various civilizations over thousands of years. It was home to the Phoenicians and was subsequently conquered and occupied by the Assyrians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Persians, the Arabs, the Crusaders, the Ottoman Turks and the French.
Geography of Lebanon; Continent: Eurasia: Region: Eastern Mediterranean: Coordinates: Area: Ranked 161st • Total: 10,452 km 2 (4,036 sq mi) • Land: 98.37% • Water: 1.63%: Coastline: 225 km (140 mi) Highest point: Qurnat as Sawda' 3,088 m (10,131 ft) Lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m (0 ft)
Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Syria to the north and east, by Israel to the south, and by the Mediterranean Sea to the west; Cyprus lies a short distance away from the country's coastline.
Lebanon is a country in the Middle East, in Western Asia, next to the Mediterranean Sea. It has borders with Israel to the south and Syria to the east and north. It also shares a maritime border with Cyprus to the northwest.
By century. Lebanon portal. v. t. e. This is a timeline of Lebanese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Lebanon and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Lebanon.
Lebanon ( / ˈlɛbənɒn, - nən / ⓘ LEB-ə-non, -nən; Arabic: لُبْنَان, romanized : Lubnān, local pronunciation: [lɪbˈneːn] ), officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Syria to the north and east, by Israel to the south, and by the Mediterranean Sea to the west ...
The history of ancient Lebanon traces the course of events related to the geographic area in the Eastern Mediterranean of what is now known as Lebanon from the beginning of antiquity to the beginning of Arab rule.
