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Beirut V (Nahr Beirut, Beirut River) was discovered by Dillenseger and said to be in an orchard of mulberry trees on the left bank of the river, near the river mouth, and to be close to the railway station and bridge to Tripoli. Levallois flints and bones and similar surface material were found amongst brecciated deposits. [9]
Green Line established between mainly Muslim factions in West Beirut and the Christian Lebanese Front in East Beirut. Centre for Arab Unity Studies founded. [15] 1976 – al-Murābiṭ newspaper begins publication. [3] 1977 – Mitri El Nammar takes office as Governor of Beirut. 1978 – Syrian siege of Achrafiyeh, the main Christian district ...
Beirut (/ b eɪ ˈ r uː t / ⓘ, bay-ROOT; [4] Arabic: بيروت, romanized: Bayrūt ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon.As of 2014, Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, [5] which makes it the fourth-largest city in the Levant region and the sixteenth-largest in the Arab world.
In 1911, Aftimus founded a consultant office in partnership with Emile Kacho who was also an engineer. Aftimus won the design competition for Beirut's City Hall in 1923, the municipal building still stands at Weygand and Foch crossroad. [4] Aftimus served as the minister of public works in the 1926-1927 government led by Auguste Basha Adib. [6]
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.
They founded dozens of primary schools and a number of secondary schools. American missionaries established the “Syrian Evangelical College” in 1866, [99] which later became the American University of Beirut, and the Jesuits founded Saint Joseph University in 1874. [100]
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, [46] a New Testament in Syriac, dating back to the ninth or tenth century ...
The Beirut Central District is the historical and geographical core of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. Also called downtown Beirut, [2] it has been described as the “vibrant financial, commercial, and administrative hub of the country.” [3] It is thousands of years old, with a traditional focus of business, finance, culture, and leisure. [4]