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Just a reminder that the distinction between Lebanon and Syria is quite recent - due to the breakup of the Ottoman empire. There more well-known named region hi
by einpoklum 3y ago
Just a reminder that the distinction between Lebanon and Syria is quite recent - due to the breakup of the Ottoman empire. There more well-known named region historically is A-Shaam in Arabic, Syria often in English:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria_(region) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria_(region)
It includes Lebanon, parts of northern Palestine, South-eastern Turkey, and (northern?) Jordan. And maybe a bit more.
- stork19 3y agoThere was an autonomous Lebanon of one form of another since at least the 16th century, though. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Lebanon_Emirate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Lebanon_Emirate
- einpoklum 3y ago+1, but readers should also note that: * It included large areas which are outside and to the North of present-day Lebanon, and * It was still part of "Ottoman Syria": https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Syria https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Syria , which was kind of a maximum version of what's described in my previous link