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Did you know the following about Lebanon?
from wikepedia.com:
The name Lebanon comes from the Semitic root lbn, meaning "white", likely a reference to the snow-capped Mount Lebanon.[15] Occurrences of the name have been found in texts from the library of Ebla,[16] which date to the third millennium BC, three of the twelve tablets of the Epic of Gilgamesh (May be as early as 2100 BC), and almost 70 times in the Bible,[17] which is itself named after Byblos, a city in Lebanon.
I didn't know that the name LEBANON was so old, more than 5000 years...and I never knew that the Bible was named after Byblos (Jbeil)...I think that's pretty interesting...what facts do you have about Lebanon or your countries?
9 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
lol i swear i read this long time ago
Source(s): libnaneye musakafe - DavidLv 41 decade ago
Yes I actually know about the name Lebanon, but the stuff about bible being names from byblos is just something to make it special, NOT TRUE!
Byblos is a Phoenician word, and the bibles were combined in the known holy book not even close to Lebanon, so it's really not related!!
- Saraceni©Lv 51 decade ago
I know this since young. Lebnen or Liban is the same as anywhere in ancient Yemen to Mountains of Syria and Lebanon to Malta. Its a very ancient Semitic name.
Lebanon also is house of Whores in the ancient times plus they are plundered by Assyrians and other Semitic tribes
They cant get along during Phoenicians time Sidon will Fight with Tyre well documented in History
Its a beautiful geographical area like along Syrian and Israel/Palestinian coast but these areas are inhabited by Whores , Backstabbers, Sold outs, and ridiculous Religious fanatics
Nothing has changed last I visit.
Oh yes the Greek stole Phoenicians Alphabet and from Ebla Syria.
- 1 decade ago
that u can ski and swim in the beach in the same day :-P lol
about my country:
Well, besides from all the holy sites and tombs, religious significance to 4 religions, all the religious events that happened there, the famous mosques and churches and etc
i know that Jericho in Palestine is the oldest city in the world. the dead sea has the highest salt concentration of any body of water (33%), also the lowest point in the world is the dead sea shore in Palestine-Jordan (1369 ft below sea level), and in Islam some scholars say that the entire area west of the jordan river to the mediteranean sea is holy.
Source(s): there are alot of facts but i dont have time to write them all and alot of them are well known anyways, including that Israel was going to be made on Argentina or Liberia then they settled on Palestine - How do you think about the answers? You can sign in to vote the answer.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Your question just made me 10000000000000000000% prouder to be lebanese :D
And no, I don;t know that :O I know that it had been mentioned 70 times in the bible though (i remember reading it on another post from ages ago whilst I was discovering questions from the Leb. Cat.
- SherieLv 41 decade ago
i knew that ages ago x]
but i heard from a few people that the Bible thing isnt true..
either way its pretty cool =]
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- 1 decade ago
Boring...and no didn't know it and now I do I wish to unknow it. Thanks.
p.s. Did you read that on Wikipedia? lol
