Mandate & Independence · event 1 of 7

1920

Greater Lebanon. France takes the mandate and proclaims Greater Lebanon, adding the Bekaa, the south and Tripoli to the autonomous Mount Lebanon district. The demographic balance changes decisively, and the sectarian question is built into the state at its foundation.

The Mandate & Independence era

  1. 1920
  2. 1932
  3. 1943
  4. 1948
  5. 1958
  6. 1966
  7. 1968

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