{"id":1439,"count":18,"description":"Lebanon (\/\u02c8l\u025bb\u0259n\u0252n\/ or \/\u02c8l\u025bb\u0259n\u0259n\/; Arabic: \u0644\u064f\u0628\u0652\u0646\u064e\u0627\u0646\u200e Lubn\u0101n; French: Liban), officially the Republic of Lebanon (Arabic: \u0627\u064e\u0644\u0652\u062c\u064f\u0645\u0652\u0647\u064f\u0648\u0631\u0650\u064a\u064e\u0651\u0629 \u0627\u064e\u0644\u0644\u064f\u0651\u0628\u0652\u0646\u064e\u0627\u0646\u0650\u064a\u064e\u0651\u0629 al-Jumh\u016br\u012byah al-Lubn\u0101n\u012byah; French: R\u00e9publique libanaise), is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered by Syria to the north and east, and Israel to the south. Lebanon's location at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian hinterland has dictated its rich history, and shaped a cultural identity of religious and ethnic diversity.\nThe earliest evidence of civilization in Lebanon dates back more than 7,000 years\u2014predating recorded history. Lebanon was the home of the Phoenicians, a maritime culture that flourished for nearly 2,500 years (3000\u2013539 BC). Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after World War I, the five provinces that comprise modern Lebanon were mandated to France. The French expanded the borders of Mount Lebanon, which was mostly populated by...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/lebanon\/","name":"Lebanon","slug":"lebanon","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/1439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=1439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}