Lebanon History
Timeline:
- 3000-539 BC - Phoenicians, a maritime culture
- 220 AD - Roman Rule
- 1110-1124 - Invasion of the Crusaders
- 1124 - Lebanon Surrendered to the Crusaders
- 1124-1880 - Catholic influence since the time of the Crusaders
- 1880 - Combined with Syria under the Ottoman Empire
- World War I - Collapse of the Ottoman Empire results in the five Lebanese provices being mandated to France.
- 1943 - Lebanon gained Independence, establishing Confessionalism
- 1946 - French troops withdrew
- 1948 - Arab-Israeli War
- 1949-1975 - Years of Prosperity, based on financial power and tourism
- 1975-1990 - Lebanese Civil War
- 1990-2004 - Reconstruction
- 2005 - Cedar Revolution, in which Prime Minister is assassinated
- 2006 - Month-long War between Israel and Hezbollah
- 2007 - Nahr al-Bared Conflict
- 2008 - Doha Agreement, Reconstruction
- 2008-2010 - Re-establishment of financial power and tourism
- 2011 - Government Collapse