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1866 – Syrian Protestant College established. ... 1921 – Beirut Traders Association founded. [6] 1924 – Al Joumhouria newspaper begins publication; 1925
The February 6 uprising in West Beirut or the February 6 Intifada, was a battle where the parties of West Beirut, led by the Amal Movement, decisively defeated the Lebanese Army. The day started with the defection of many Muslim and Druze units to militias, which as a major blow to the government and caused the army to virtually collapse. [143]
Beirut (/ b e ɪ ˈ r uː t / ⓘ bay- ... AUB was founded in 1866, and USJ in 1875. The Lebanese University is the only public institution for higher education in ...
Beirut's school of law was founded, it later became widely known in the surrounding region. Two of Rome's most famous jurists, Papinian and Ulpian (both natives of Phoenicia), were taught at the law school under the Severan emperors. 50: Saint Paul of Tarsus begins his third mission and preaches in Tyre.
AUB's Archives and Special Collections includes important documents related to the founding of the Syrian Protestant College in 1866 and also many materials (documents, maps, photographs, etc.) of interest to scholars of Lebanon and the region including the Beirut Codex, [47] a New Testament in Syriac, dating back to the ninth or tenth century ...
Foreign missionaries established schools throughout the country, with Beirut as the center of this renaissance. [citation needed] The American University of Beirut was founded in 1866, followed by the French St. Joseph's University in 1875.
The flag of Beirut features an open book with the motto "Berytus Nutrix Legum" (Beirut, Mother of Laws) on one side and its Arabic translation "بيروت أم الشرائع" on the other. The law school of Beirut supplied the Roman Empire, especially its eastern provinces, with lawyers and magistrates for three centuries until the school's ...
Once he had accumulated enough money, he founded the Syrian Protestant College. The school, which opened in Beirut in 1866, later came to be known as the American University of Beirut (AUB). Bliss was named president of the college he had founded and also took on the responsibilities of treasurer and Professor of Bible and Ethics. Having been ...