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Aanjar is completely different from any other archaeological experience in Lebanon. At other historical sites in the country, different times and civilizations are superimposed one on top of the other. Aanjar is exclusively one period, the Umayyad.
Aanjar also stands unique as the only historic example of an inland commercial center. The city benefited from its strategic position on intersecting trade routes leading to Damascus, Homs, Baalbeck and the south. Today's name, Aanjar, comes from the Arabic Ain Gerrha, "the source of Gerrha", the name of an ancient city founded in this area during Hellenistic times.
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