Worth knowing
Lebanon
The Phoenicians' alphabet had 22 letters, all consonants. The Greeks borrowed it around 800 BC and added vowels, the Romans adapted the Greek version, and their letters are the ones on this screen.
Where its story happens
Byblos, at 34.12°N, 35.65°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Lebanon
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the middling countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Lebanon, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, bordered by Syria and Israel. See Lebanon on a map.
- A cedar tree is on its flag, and its capital is Beirut.
- A purple dye made here from sea snails was once worth more than its weight in gold.
- The Bible gets its name from one of its towns, a port that has been lived in for about 7,000 years.
- Traders from its ancient ports spread an alphabet of 22 letters, the ancestor of the one you are reading now.