Who doesn\u2019t enjoy a little historical deep-dive? No one has ever found history boring or tedious, right? <\/p>\n
Well, for all you history buffs out there, we found 10 cool facts from Lebanese history that are worth remembering.<\/p>\n
1. Lebanon is home to the first law school in the world<\/b><\/p>\n
Said to be opened by the Romans in Beirut, where it was the centre of the Empire\u2019s law until its destruction in 551 AD.<\/p>\n
2. Alexander the Great hates Tyre<\/b><\/p>\n
For having the gall to defend against him in 332 BC. He eventually defeated the Tyrians, burning the city and massacring its inhabitants.<\/p>\n
3. Lebanon is the first Arab country to have private TV<\/b><\/p>\n
And one of those private TV companies, Compagnie Libanaise de T\u00e9l\u00e9vision (CLT) would be the third station in the world to broadcast in color.<\/p>\n
4. Edward Spears: the unknown force behind Lebanese Independence <\/b><\/p>\n
The British General was not a fan of Charles De Gaulle, leading him to support the Riad el Solh-Bchara el Khoruy plot for independence, going against the wishes of his own government.<\/p>\n
5. Lebanon was the first Arab country to have a space program<\/b><\/p>\n
The Lebanese Rocket Society, running out of Haigazian University managed a few successful rocket launches, even reaching low earth orbit before ceasing operations in 1966.<\/p>\n
6. The taco is actually shawarma<\/b><\/p>\n
One popular theory suggests that the Taco was a Lebanese adaptation of the shawarma to local bread.<\/p>\n
7. Lebanese people claim to have invented the TV<\/b><\/p>\n
Rest in peace Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah<\/p>\n
8. Lebanon\u2019s first PM converted to Shiism<\/b><\/p>\n
Riad el Solh, one of the fathers of the republic and the first prime minister, a spot reserved for Sunnis, converted to Shia Islam before his death to ensure his daughters would receive his inheritance.<\/p>\n
9. Byblos is one of the oldest cities in the world<\/b><\/p>\n
With some claiming it has been continuously inhabited since 3000 BC.<\/p>\n
10. The Phoenicians discovered America first<\/b><\/p>\n
According to some theorists, the Phoenicians made their way to America long before Christopher Columbus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Who doesn\u2019t enjoy a little historical deep-dive? No one has ever found history boring or tedious, right? <\/p>\n
Well, for all you history buffs out there, we found 10 cool facts from Lebanese history that are worth remembering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":425881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-64320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listomania"],"authorship":[89],"yoast_head":"\n