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