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Lebanon 2005

The ancient city of Byblos, 40km (25mi) from Beirut, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Byblos was populated during the Neolithic period 7000 years ago. In the third millennium BC it became the most important trading port in the area and sent cedar wood and oil to Egypt. The major Phoenician centre until the 10th century BC, Byblos developed an alphabetic phonetic script that was the precursor of modern alphabets. Invaded by Persians, Alexander the Great, Romans, Byzantines and Arabs, Byblos fell into obscurity after it was taken then abandoned by the Crusaders.

 

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Down town Beirut

 

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