WORLD CIVILIZATION

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: -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-3: -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-4: -Definition. Tyre (in modern-day Lebanon) is one of the oldest cities in the world, dating back over 4, 000 years, during which it has been inhabited almost continuously. It was one of the most important, and at times the dominant, city of Phoenicia, whose citizens claimed it had been founded by the great god Melqart.