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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. See also the list of presidents of Lebanon and list of prime ministers of Lebanon
About half the population of the Mount Lebanon subdivision, overwhelmingly Maronites, starved to death (200,000 killed out of 400,000 of the total populace) throughout the years of 1915–1918 during what is now known as the Great Famine of Mount Lebanon, [52] as a consequence of a mixed combination of crop failure, punitive governance ...
History of Lebanon; Timeline: Ancient. Prehistory; Canaan/Phoenicia (2500–333 BC) Amurru kingdom (2000 BC) Egyptian rule (1550–1077 BC) Hittite rule (1600–1178 BC)
Severus also separated the area of modern Lebanon and parts of Syria from the greater province of Syria Coele, and formed the new province of Phoenice. [ citation needed ] Upon the death of Theodosius I in 395 AD, the Roman empire was ruled by 2 centres: the eastern or Eastern Roman part with its capital at Constantinople , and the western part ...
in AD 39, the district of Iturea [a] was given by Caligula to a certain Soemus, [b] he was also known as the 'tetrarch of Lebanon' by the Romano-Jewish historian Josephus. [5] Soemus reigned until his death in AD 49, when his kingdom was incorporated into the province of Syria ( Tacitus , Annals , xii. 23).
Christian 6:5 ascendancy replaced by 1:1 representation; Defeat of PLO and LNM, peace agreement between other internal militias; Syrian occupation of Lebanon and the Israeli Security Zone; South Lebanon Conflict (1985–2000) Hezbollah Amal Jammoul Israel SLA: Hezbollah victory. Israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon; Shebaa Farms conflict (2000 ...
Around 100,000 Palestinians who fled or were expelled from their homes in what had been British-ruled Palestine during the war arrive in Lebanon as refugees. Lebanon and Israel agree to an ...
Lebanon, [b] officially the Republic of Lebanon, [c] is a country in the Levant region of West Asia.Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, [11] it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west; Cyprus lies a short distance from the coastline.