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===20th century===
===20th century===
[[File:Lebanon.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Picture taken from a rooftop in the village of Fanar in Lebanon. [[Israel]] is about a two hour drive beyond the mountain pictured in the background.]]
[[File:Lebanon.jpg|thumbnail|right|280px|Picture taken from a rooftop in the village of Fanar in Lebanon. [[Israel]] is about a two hour drive beyond the mountain pictured in the background.]]
Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after World War I, the League of Nations mandated the five provinces that comprise present-day Lebanon to France. Modern Lebanon's constitution, drawn up in 1926, specified a balance of political power among the various religious groups. The country gained independence in 1943, and French troops withdrew in 1946. Lebanon participated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and signed an armistice with Israel on March 23, 1949.
Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after World War I, the League of Nations mandated the five provinces that comprise present-day Lebanon to France. Modern Lebanon's constitution, drawn up in 1926, specified a balance of political power among the various religious groups. The country gained independence in 1943, and French troops withdrew in 1946. Lebanon participated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and signed an armistice with Israel on March 23, 1949.