One of the preeminent Phoenician city-states, renowned for glass-making and seafaring trade; a major commercial power on the Lebanese coast until Alexander the Great's arrival in 333 BCE.
Surrendered to Alexander the Great in 333 BCE without resistance, after its population deposed the pro-Persian king Abdashtart II; Alexander appointed Abdalonymus as king, incorporating Sidon into the Macedonian Empire.
The atlas holds 4 border frames for Sidon — the shape you scrub through changes in 1200 BC · 1177 BC · 1100 BC · 731 BC.
A readable modern history of the Phoenician cities including Sidon, drawing on recent archaeology in Lebanon.
Era/regional history of the Phoenician city-states' commerce and colonization, placing Sidon among the preeminent mercantile powers.
Era/regional reassessment of Phoenician identity built around individual cities (Sidon, Tyre, Byblos) rather than a single nation.