Maronites
Мароніти
Μαρωνίτες
馬龍尼人
Марониты
موارنة
Maronita
Maronici
마론파
chrétiens catholiques orientaux
جماعة عرقية دينية مسيحية لبنانية
ethno-religious group in the Levant
etnis-uskonnollinen kansanryhmä Lähi-idässä
христианская этнорелигиозная группа в Леванте
กลุ่มศาสนาชาติพันธุ์ในลิแวนต์
етнічна група
сиријска хришћанска етнорелигијска група
קבוצה אתנית־דתית נוצרית לבנונית
Lübnan'daki bir Hristiyan grup
bližnjevzhodna katoliška etnoreligijska skupina
Chrześcijańska grupa religijna z Bliskiego Wschodu
宗教群体
etnische groep
Classical Syriac and Classical Arabic
Arabic ,
Jerusalem and
Syria
Following the Muslim conquest of the Levant in 637 AD, the Christians living in the low lands and coastal cities began to settle in the Mount Lebanon and to the coastal cities of the coast which did not particularly interest the Muslim Arabs; the area consisting of those regions extending from Sidon in the South and up to Batroun and the south of Tripoli in the north. The Arab conquerors settled in various cities of the coast to reduce Byzantine interference even though they were not interested in maritime trade. Since the mountains offered no attraction to them, the Christians continued to settle in the Mountains of Lebanon. The Christians that chose to remain in the newly Arab-controlled areas and inhabited by the Arab invaders gradually became a minority and many of those converted to Islam in order to escape taxation and to further their own political and professional advancement.
November 2024
The book source talks only about Christians during this phase and not about Maronites
Other Lebanese Christians
الموارنة