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Baidaphon (record label) in business (approximate date). [5] 1916 – Place des Canons renamed Martyrs' Square. 1920 – Beirut Stock Exchange founded. 1920 – 1 September: Lebanon Republic (Greater Lebanon) proclaimed a state. 1921 – Beirut Traders Association founded. [6] 1924 – Al Joumhouria newspaper begins publication; 1925
Beirut VI (Patriarchate) was a site discovered while building on the property of the Lebanese Evangelical School for Girls in the Patriarchate area of Beirut. It was notable for the discovery of a finely styled Canaanean blade javelin suggested to date to the early or middle Neolithic periods of Byblos and which is held in the school library. [6]
Date Event 20: 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.
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.
[citation needed] The American University of Beirut was founded in 1866, followed by the French St. Joseph's University in 1875. [ citation needed ] An intellectual guild that was formed at the same time gave new life to Arabic literature , which had stagnated under the Ottoman Empire.
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]
The southern half of present-day Lebanon formed the northern march of the Kingdom of Jerusalem (founded in 1099); the northern half became the heartland of the County of Tripoli (founded in 1109). Although Saladin eliminated Christian control of the Holy Land around 1190, the Crusader states in Lebanon and Syria were better defended.
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 ...