SSC
WORLD HISTORY
Question
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Tyre
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Babylon
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Ur
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Memphis
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Detailed explanation-1: -Tyre & Sidon (united between 10th and 9th centuries BC, divided around the beginning of the 7th century BC) Tyre and Sidon were the two most important cities of Phoenicia.
Detailed explanation-2: -Early names of Tyre include Akkadian Ṣurru, Phoenician Ṣūr (), and Hebrew Ṣōr (). In Semitic languages, the name of the city means “rock” after the rocky formation on which the town was originally built.
Detailed explanation-3: -In this period of economic growth, trade and industry in the city of Tyre boomed. Of particular note was the manufacture of a purple dye extracted from murex shellfishes. This industry became the hallmark of Tyre, and the Tyrians honed their industry into an expert art that was a closely guarded secret.