| A Place in the Heart : An independent republic since 1943. It is a compact country of 10,452 square kilometers with a population approaching 4 million. Located at the meeting point of three continents, over the centuries Lebanon has been the crossroads of many civilizations whose traces may still be seen today. Its countryside is a place of rocks, cedar trees and magnificent ruins that look down from mountains to the sea. "Lubnan" its Arabic name, means "white" the color of the mountains . In winter the high peaks are covered with snow and in summer their limestone slopes glimmer white in the distance. Two rocky ranges traverse Lebanon parallel to the sea coast, separated by the high plateau of the Beqa'a valley. On the coast are five famous towns known to every archaeologist and school child -Berytus (Beirut), Byblos, Sidon , Tripoli and Tyre -- the names of ancient Phoenician. |  |
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The number of great civilizations whose remains are left in Lebanon is impressive indeed. North of Beirut you can read on the stelar carved on rocky cliffs of the Al kalb River, inscriptions of Egyptians pharaohs, Assyrian kings and Roman commanders. One tablet tells of the entry into Damascus of General Gouraud's troops in 1920 and the most recent celebrates the evacuation of foreign troops in 1964 in the wake of Lebanon's independence in 1943.
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