Beirut

Beirut is the capital of Lebanon. It is one of the richest and oldest continuously inhabited cities of the world. It is on a hilly promontory on the eastern Mediterranean surrounded to the east by the snow-capped mountains of Lebanon. It was a cultural center of the Arab World, a major international financial, banking and media center and was called the Switzerland of the Middle East. It was called the Paris of the Middle East.

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References

 Linda Jones Hall, Roman Berytus: Beirut in Late Antiquity, 2004.
 Samir Kassir, Histoire de Beyrouth, Fayard 2003.
 Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (), p. 69.

 Other websites 

 Official website of Beirut 
 Downtown Beirut 
 Discover Lebanon - Beirut photos and images, virtual tour, Allenby street, parliament, museum

Category:Phoenicia