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Tripoli

by Cham - last update: Jan 9, 2006

The second Largest City in lebanon

A view of Tripoli from the Castle walls
Tripoli is lebanon's second largest city, and became part of lebanon in 1920. The city's name is of greek origin meaning "triple city" and today it is still a busy trading hub because of it's natural ports and 500,000 inhabitants, not to mention the Large souks in downtown.
Tripoli's castle from the inside

History of Tripoli

Under Roman rule in about 64 BC the city flourished and was extended south. This was detroyed along with other coastal cities by an earthquake and tidal wave in 551. In the 9th century BC the Pheonicians established a small trading center there. In direct competition with sidon and tyre as port towns to control the sea trade. Later the city was taken over by the persians and then in the 12th century it was invaded by the crusaders who destroyed much of the city including the Dar ll-llm library along with it's volumes. The city was ruled by the crusaders for approx 180 years and fell in 1289 to the Mamluk Sultan Qalaoun who destroyed the port city (Al-Mina) and a new city to be built inland nearer the castle.

The city then fell into Ottoman rule in 1516 and has remained a commericially important port ever since. In 1918 the turks gave up Tripoli and it became officially a part of lebanon in 1920.

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Comments for Cham about Tripoli
RickinDutch Thu Jan 4, 2007 18:33 UTC
 Nicely written tips. Greetings from Alaska!
Little_Lou_Lou Thu Mar 9, 2006 15:30 UTC
 I like that one too. I am going to have it blown up to put on the wall in the music room....
TheWanderingCamel Thu Feb 23, 2006 13:53 UTC
 I really enjoyed Tripoli - your comments on the soap are spot on - I too wish I'd bought more! Good advice too about safety in some places. Cheers - leyle
craic Wed Jan 18, 2006 04:15 UTC
 Nice page about a really interesting place.

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