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Tyre

town and historical site, Lebanon
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Modern Arabic:
Ṣūr
French:
Tyr or Sour
Latin:
Tyrus
Hebrew:
Zor or Tsor

Tyre, town on the Mediterranean coast of southern Lebanon, located 12 miles (19 km) north of the modern border with Israel and 25 miles (40 km) south of Sidon (modern Ṣaydā). It was a major Phoenician seaport from about 2000 bce through the Roman period. Tyre, built on an island and on the neighboring mainland, was probably originally founded as a colony of Sidon. Mentioned in Egyptian records of the 14th century bce as being subject to Egypt, Tyre became independent when Egyptian influence in Phoenicia declined. It later surpassed Sidon as a trade center, developing commercial relations with all ...(100 of 741 words)

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