Historical Map of Tyre; illustrating the present coastline, Harbor of Sidon, City Wall, Causeway built by Alexander, Harbor or Egypt, Old Tyre (ruins), Island of Hercules (now submerged).

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.

Historical Map of Tyre 333-332 BC. The mainland portion (Old Tyre) and the island portion (Tyre proper) were separate entities until Alexander the Great's siege in 332 BCE. The island was approximately 600-800 meters from the mainland before Alexander's campaign.

It originally consisted of two distinct urban centres: Tyre itself, which was on an island just 500 to 700m offshore, and the associated settlement of Ushu on the adjacent mainland, later called Palaetyrus, meaning "Old Tyre" in Ancient Greek. [7]

Sep 13, 2017 · Demolishing the ruins of mainland Tyre (“Old Tyre”), Alexander had the stones thrown into the sea at the point where the distance between the mainland and the island of Tyre was the shortest. His forces began to build a massive causeway (also called a …

Tyre, like all the Phoenician cities, became subject to Egypt under Thothmes III in the first half of the 15th century B.C., and remained so for some 300 years, but it enjoyed practical autonomy under native kings, being only subject to tribute and to furnishing contingents of ships when the Egyptian kings made their expeditions to the North.

Nov 23, 2021 · The name means 'rock' and the city consisted of two parts, the main trade center on an island, and 'old Tyre', about a half-mile opposite on the mainland. The old city, known as Ushu (an earlier name for Melqart), was founded c. 2750 BCE, and the trade center grew up …

map of Tyre and Sidon, and Tyre before conquered by Alexander the Great,332 BC : Ancient and Modern Tyre and Sidon . Tyre before 332 BC. Use browser arrow to return to last spot on previous page Home Chronological Bible Studies, main page Return to Maps menu

Matthew 15:21 - Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. Mark 7:31 - And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.

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