Foreign interests in Lebanon transform these basically…

1852 CE to 1863 CE

Foreign interests in Lebanon transform these basically socio-political struggles into bitter religious conflicts, culminating in the 1860 massacre of about ten thousand Maronites, as well as Greek Catholics and Greek Orthodox, by the Druzes.

These events offer France the opportunity to intervene; in an attempt to forestall French intervention, the Ottoman government steps to restore order.

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Beit ed-Dine Mount Lebanon Chouff Lebanon View →

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Semites View → Arab people View → Jews View → Christians, Maronite View → Christians, Miaphysite (Oriental Orthodox) View → Muslims, Sunni View → Muslims, Shi'a View → Syrian people View → Turkmen, Syrian View → Druze, or Druse, the View → Christians, Roman Catholic View → Christians, Eastern Orthodox View → Ottoman Empire View → Greeks (Modern) View → Mount Lebanon Emirate View → Aleppo, Ottoman eyalet of View → Damascus Eyalet View → Sidon, Ottoman eyalet of View → France, Second Empire of View →

Subjects
Conflict View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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