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To What Extent Did The Ethnicities, Languages And Religions of the Lebanon Region Change Because of Its exposure To Other Countries?

By Gavin_Babbitt
  • 2000 BCE

    In ANTIQUITY

    In ANTIQUITY
    Lebanon's religions were polytheistic in ANTIQUITY. One of the polytheistic religions was Canaanite, a faith where practitioners obeyed numerous divinities. The Phoenicians settled in Lebanon and brought their people (ethnicities) and the language Phoenician. These languages, ethnicities, and polytheistic beliefs were approximately between the years 4000 BCE to 609 CE.
  • 551

    Palestinians Helped

    Palestinians Helped
    In 551 CE, *Beirut (Capital of Lebanon) was destroyed and Palestinians rushed to aid, which brought their languages and ethnicities to stay in Lebanon. The natives of Lebanon and Palestinians reconstructed the demolished establishments, which, if they didn't rebuild, Lebanon would not have the ethnicities that it has today; due to the fact that civilization and the people of Lebanon would not have had this ethnic change not just that year, but in Lebanon today.
  • 610

    Muslims Settled

    Muslims Settled
    During 610 CE, Prophet Muhammad was visited by the angel Gabriel in Saudi Arabia. Muhammad was the messenger of *Allah (God) during this period. Muhammad was signified to circulate the message of Islam and Allah. The angel Gabriel informed him of messages that would subsequently evolve the Qur’an. This was the true beginning of the monotheistic religion ISLAM. Islam would then spread to the people of Lebanon.

  • TODAY

    TODAY
    In Lebanon today, there are two main ethnicities, three main languages, and 2 main religions. About 90% of Lebanon's population are Lebanese and about 15% are Palestinian; *While Kurds and Armenians make up a small portion. Arabic is the only official language of Lebanon, whereas French and English are also widely used. The term *Arab is someone whose native language is Arabic. There are two *sects of Islam (*Shiia and Sunni), in Lebanon (about 66.66%) and about 33.33% practice Christianity.