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Bethany Kehdy – Miss World Lebanon 2001; Nadine Wilson Njeim – Miss Lebanon 2007; Nadine Nassib Njeim – Miss Lebanon 2004; Gabrielle Bou Rached – Miss Lebanon 2005; Daniella Rahme – Miss International Lebanon 2010; Maya Reaidy – Miss Lebanon 2018; Georgina Rizk – Miss Lebanon 1970/Miss Universe 1971; Pamela Saadé – Miss Earth ...
The history of Lebanon covers the history ... The earliest prehistoric cultures of Lebanon, such as the Qaraoun culture gave rise ... At least 62 people died in the ...
The culture of Lebanon and the Lebanese people emerged from Phoenicia and through 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 Ottomans and the French .
The Lebanese identity is rooted in a shared history and culture. Their rich cultural heritage includes food, music, literature, and art, which is also shaped by the country's location at the crossroads of the Eastern Mediterranean. This has allowed it to be a meeting point for different cultures and traditions. [69] [70] [71]
The area was first recorded in history around 4000 BC as a group of coastal cities and a heavily forested hinterland. [ citation needed ] It was inhabited by the Canaanites , a Semitic people , whom the Greeks called "Phoenicians" because of the purple (phoinikies) dye they sold.
The Phoenicians were an ancient Semitic group of people who lived in the Phoenician city-states along a coastal strip in the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily modern Lebanon. [5] They developed a maritime civilization which expanded and contracted throughout history, with the core of their culture stretching from Arwad in ...
Hezbollah is founded in Lebanon in opposition to the Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon. [4] 1988 Outgoing President Amine Gemayel appoints an unelected military government under Christian Commander-in-Chief Michel Aoun. 1990: Michel Aoun flees the country as Syrian troops enter Lebanon. End of the Lebanese civil war. [5] 1992
Tobia Aun, archbishop, played role in 1860 Lebanon conflict. Domnina of Syria, disciple of Saint Maron, Catholic Saint. Abraham Ecchellensis, theologian famous for his translations of biblical texts into Arabic and Syriac. Theodore Khoury, prominent Catholic theologian. Marina, Lebanese female monk and "desert father", Catholic saint.