In 64BC, these cities fell to the Roman Empire as a part of the providence of Syria. ... The country of Lebanon has three major divisions; the Lebanon Mountains, the valley of Coele-Syria, and the Anti-Lebanon Mountains. ... After Egypt's marshy plains, Sinai's cliffs, and the parched desert of dreary Arabia, it's easy to understand why the poets chose Lebanon. ... The name Lebanon is applied to two distinct mountains chains which run parallel on opposite sides of the valley of Coele-Syria. ... The second group is that of the two large rivers of the Bekaa (Coele-Syria valley); t...

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