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Contents. History of Lebanon under Ottoman rule. The Ottoman Empire nominally ruled Mount Lebanon from its conquest in 1516 until the end of World War I in 1918. [ 1 ] The Ottoman sultan, Selim I (1516–20), invaded Syria and Lebanon in 1516. The Ottomans, through the Maans, a great Druze feudal family, and the Shihabs, a Sunni Muslim family ...
October 4, 1978. The Lebanon Historic District is a historic district composed of the areas of Lebanon, Illinois, developed prior to 1900. The district includes five distinct areas of Lebanon: the city's main commercial district, the neighborhood around McKendree University, two residential districts, and an archaeological site at the city limits.
Zahlé (Arabic: زَحْلة) is a city in eastern Lebanon, and is the capital and the largest city of Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon.With around 150,000 [1] [2] inhabitants, it is the third-largest city in Lebanon after Beirut and Tripoli [3] [4] and the fourth-largest taking the whole urban area (the Jounieh urban area is larger).
Lebanon portal. v. t. e. Lebanese cuisine is the culinary traditions and practices originating from Lebanon. It includes an abundance of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, fresh fish and seafood. Poultry is eaten more often than red meat, and when red meat is eaten, it is usually lamb and goat meat.
e. The Treaty of Sèvres (French: Traité de Sèvres) was a 1920 treaty signed between the Allies of World War I and the Ottoman Empire. The treaty ceded large parts of Ottoman territory to France, the United Kingdom, Greece and Italy, as well as creating large occupation zones within the Ottoman Empire. It was one of a series of treaties [3 ...
The mountains of the Chouf. The Chouf region, also spelled Shouf, is a historical and geographical area located in the central part of Lebanon. Like much of Lebanon, the Chouf was inhabited by the Phoenicians, an ancient Semitic civilization known for their seafaring skills and trade. However, Evidence of inhabitance in the mountains dates back ...
v. t. e. Lebanese Turkmen (Turkish: Lübnan Türkmenleri; Arabic: أتراك لبنان, Atrāk Lubnān), also known as the Lebanese Turks, are people of Turkish ancestry that live in Lebanon. The historic rule of several Turkic dynasties in the region saw continuous Turkish migration waves to Lebanon during the Tulunid rule (868–905 ...
Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani, alternatively spelled Dhaher el-Omar[1] or Dahir al-Umar (Arabic: ظاهر العمر الزيداني, romanized: Ẓāhir al-ʿUmar az-Zaydānī, [a] 1689/90 – 21 or 22 August 1775), was an Arab ruler of northern Palestine in the mid-18th century, [3] while the region was part of the Ottoman Empire. For much of his ...