WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -In the 9th century bce colonists from Tyre founded the North African city of Carthage, which later became Rome’s principal rival in the West.

Detailed explanation-2: -Today Tyre is the fourth largest city in Lebanon after Beirut, Tripoli, and Sidon. It is the capital of the Tyre District in the South Governorate.

Detailed explanation-3: -Early into the Iron Age, the Phoenicians established ports, warehouses, markets, and settlement all across the Mediterranean and up to the southern Black Sea. Colonies were established on Cyprus, Sardinia, the Balearic Islands, Sicily, and Malta, as well as the coasts of North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula.