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Tyre (native Phoenician Ṣur, Akkadian Ṣurru, Hebrew צר [Ṣor], Greek Tıros, Arabic as-Sur) is an ancient Phoenician city in Lebanon on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, about 23 miles, in a direct line, north of Acre, and 20 south of Sidon. Sidon was the oldest Phoenician city, but Tyre outlasted its elder sister and had a longer and more illustrious history. The modern city is still named Sur. The name of the city means 'Rock'.
The commerce of the whole world was gathered into the warehouses of Tyre. "Tyrian merchants were the first who ventured to navigate the Mediterranean waters; and they founded their colonies on the coasts and neighbouring islands of the Aegean Sea, in Greece, on the northern coast of
Africa, at Carthage and other places, in Sicily and CorsicaRegion Corse Details Information Capital: Ajaccio Population Total Density 260 196 1999 30 /km² Area8 680 km² Arrondissements5 Cantons52 Communes360 President of the regional council Camille de Rocca-Serra Departements Corse-du-Sud (2A) Haute-Corse (2B) L, in SpainThe Kingdom of Spain is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the northeast, along the Pyrenees mountain range, it borders France and the tiny principality of Andorra. It inc at Tartessus, and even beyond the pillars of Hercules at Gadeira ( CádizThis article is about the Spanish city. For other cities and meanings see Cadiz (disambiguation). Cadiz is a coastal city in southwestern Spain, in the region of Andalusia, and is the capital of the province of Cadiz. As of the 2003 census its population)" (Driver's Isaiah). In the time of DavidThis page is about the Biblical king David. For other uses see: David (disambiguation David "Beloved", Standard Hebrew David Tiberian Hebrew Dwi Arabic Dud "Beloved") was one of the most well known kings of ancient Israel, as well as the most-mentioned ma a friendly alliance was entered into between the HebrewsThis article is about the Hebrew people. For the book of the Bible, see Epistle to the Hebrews. Hebrews (syns. Heberites Eberites Hebreians descendants of biblical Patriarch Eber; Standard Hebrew Ivrim Tiberian Hebrew Irim also Standard Hebrew Ivriyyim Ti and the Tyrians, who were long ruled over by their native kings.Tyre consisted of two distinct parts, a rocky fortress on the mainland, called "Old Tyre", and the city, built on a small, rocky island about half-a-mile distant from the shore. It was a place of great strength. It was besieged by Shalmaneser IIIShalmaneser III Shulanu-asharedu "the god Shulmanu is pre-eminent") was king of Assyria ( 858 BC 823 BC), and son of the previous ruler, Ashurnasirpal II. His long reign was a constant series of campaigns against the eastern tribes, the Babylonians, the n, who was assisted by the PhoenicianPhoenician can mean: The Phoenician ancient civilization The Phoenician alphabet The Phoenician languages.s of the mainland, for five years, and by Nebuchadnezzar (B.C. 586–573) for thirteen years, apparently without success. It afterwards fell under the power of
Alexander the Great, after a siege of seven months in which he built a causeway from the mainland to the island, but continued to maintain much of its commercial importance till the Christian era.Here a church was founded soon after the death of Stephen, and Paul, on his return from his third missionary journey spent a week in conversation with the disciples there.
It was captured after the First Crusade and was one of the most important cities in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, although there were also autonomous trading colonies there for the Italian merchant cities. In 1291 it was retaken by the Mameluks.
"It is noticed on monuments as early as B.C. 1500, and claiming, according to Herodotus, to have been founded about B.C. 2700. It had two ports still existing, and was of commercial importance in all ages, with colonies at Carthage (about B.C. 850) and all over the Mediterranean. It was often attacked by Egypt and Assyria, and taken by Alexander the Great after a terrible siege in B.C. 332. It is now a town of 3,000 inhabitants, with ancient tombs and a ruined cathedral. A short Phoenician text of the fourth century B.C. is the only monument yet recovered."
The city of Tyre was particularly known for the production of a rare sort of purple dye, known as Tyrian purple. This color was, in many cultures of ancient times, reserved for the use of royalty, or at least nobility.
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