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# Lebanon
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## Facts
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Lebanon is a beautiful mountainous region located along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, north of Israel. In Bible times this region was also thickly wooded
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* King Solomon sent workers to Lebanon to harvest cedar trees for use in building God's temple.
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* Ancient Lebanon was inhabited by Phoenician people who were skilled builders of ships that were used for a successful trading industry.
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* The cities of Tyre and Sidon were located in Lebanon. It was in these cities that a valuable purple dye was first used.
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