Byblos

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Byblos is an ancient Phoenician port city in modern-day Lebanon, considered one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and a major center of early writing and trade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site
ancient city
archaeological site
port city
ancientName Gebal
Gebal
surface form: Gubla
associatedWith development of the Phoenician alphabet
export of cedar wood
papyrus trade to the Aegean
trade with ancient Egypt
climate Mediterranean climate
country Lebanon
culture Canaanite
Phoenician
currentReligionMajority Christianity
currentReligionMinority Islam
describedAs one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world
distanceFromBeirut about 40 kilometers north
etymologyRelatedTo Greek word for papyrus
hasPort Byblos self-linksurface differs
surface form: Byblos harbor
hasStructure Byblos Castle
Royal necropolis of Byblos
Temple of Baalat Gebal
Temple of the Obelisks
ancient harbor
medieval city wall
historicalLanguage Canaanite languages
Phoenician language
surface form: Phoenician
inception 3rd millennium BCE
knownFor Crusader castle
Phoenician alphabet
surface form: Phoenician script

ancient temples
archaeological remains
early alphabetic writing
maritime trade
medieval city walls
papyrus trade
timber trade
languageNow Arabic
locatedIn Levant region
surface form: Levant

Middle East
Mount Lebanon Governorate
Phoenician civilization
surface form: Phoenicia
locatedOn Mediterranean Sea
majorDeityWorshipped Adonis
Astarte
surface form: Baalat Gebal
modernName Jbeil
nameInArabic Jubayl
nameInGreek Byblos self-link
nameInPhoenician Gbl
nearbyCity Beirut
partOf Byblos self-linksurface differs
surface form: Byblos District
religionHistorical polytheism
ruledBy Assyria
surface form: Assyrian Empire

Neo-Babylonian Empire
surface form: Babylonian Empire

Byzantine Empire
Crusader states
Middle Kingdom of Egypt
surface form: Egyptian Middle Kingdom

New Kingdom of Egypt
surface form: Egyptian New Kingdom

Hellenistic kingdoms
Mamluk Sultanate
Ottoman Empire
Achaemenid Empire
surface form: Persian Achaemenid Empire

Roman Empire
timeDepth Bronze Age
Chalcolithic period
Iron Age
Neolithic Revolution
surface form: Neolithic period
tourismType archaeological tourism
cultural tourism
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iii)
(iv)
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1984
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus World Heritage Site

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Jbeil touristAttraction Byblos
this entity surface form: Byblos harbor
Jbeil touristAttraction Byblos
this entity surface form: Byblos old town
Jbeil governorateCapitalOf Byblos
this entity surface form: Byblos District
Jubayl hasAncientName Byblos
Jubayl identifiedWith Byblos
Jubayl UNESCOSiteName Byblos
Jubayl hasArchaeologicalSite Byblos
this entity surface form: Byblos archaeological site
Resheph veneratedIn Byblos
Maadi culture tradePartner Byblos
this entity surface form: Byblos region
Alashiya hadDiplomaticRelationsWith Byblos
this entity surface form: Byblos (probable)