beirut

     

Coorinates: 33°53′13″N, 35°30′47″E

Trivia about beirut

  • Today known as this, the Phoenician city of Berytus rose to prominence during the Roman era
  • The Phoenician city of Berytus is known known by this name
  • This Lebanese capital is connected by highway to Baghdad & Damascus
  • More than 200 U.S. Marines were killed in 1983 by a truck bomb at their barracks in this Mideast capital
  • The name of this largest city in Lebanon is from an ancient word for "wells"
  • The American University of this Lebanese capital opened in 1866
  • In the 16th century the Druze, a Syrian sect, ruled this city, now Lebanon's capital
  • Built in 1975 but never formally occupied, the Hilton in this capital of Lebanon is seen coming down in July 2002
  • On April 18, 1983 a terrorist bomb at the U.S. embassy in this mideastern capital killed 63, including 17 Americans

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