One of the interesting features prominent on this map is the TAPline, the Trans-Arabian Pipeline, constructed in 1950 and operated, with some interruptions, unt

One of the interesting features prominent on this map is the TAPline, the Trans-Arabian Pipeline, constructed in 1950 and operated, with some interruptions, until 1976. My understanding is that the TAPLine was amongst the reasons for Lebanon's significance in the 1950s and 1960s, as this was the transshippment point for Arabian oil headed to Europe (shipped by amongst others Aristotle Onasis's oil tankers). The 1967 Six Days War say a portion of the pipeline running through the Golan Heights fall into Israeli control, though Israel permitted the line to continue operating. The pipeline was damaged by Palestinian activists in 1969, and eventually ceased operating in 1976 with advances in supertankers, political conflicts between states over which the line passed, transit fee disagreements, and breakdowns. Along with control over the Suez Canal, the TAPline is an instructive lesson in the values and risks of fixed-route transports (physical, data, logical) especially under volatile political and military climates. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Arabian_Pipeline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Arabian_Pipeline>