| Show beirut in palestine Is important mission point beirut in palestine Is the port of 0 and damascus the city Is attractively tr located on a hill that faces the sea and Is backed by the snow clad bannin it Is in an important imports nt center of the american mission W which aich has built marly many schools and colleges the ruins at Ba albek which takes its name from rom baal the sun god are credited by many m any as being the finest in the world 0 I 1 the le arabs claim that Is older than damascus the latter generally believed to be the oldest in the world tradition has it that adam lived there and that the killing of abel took place somewhere between and the mediterranean the arabs proudly direct visitors to where noah was burled buried and lead them to the location of the tower of cabel babel solomon built a temple tempie here and in the valley a castle which he presented to the lovely queen of sheba such then Is the land of palestine a land that Is microscopic in size but microcosmic to in influence every step in it brings a new experience and every experience has its relation to history to religion and ani to a life in the making no other area has produced so many events which have greatly shaped the history of mankind |
