The foremost Phoenician city-state and maritime empire of the Iron Age, founder of Carthage and Leptis Magna, whose island fortress withstood multiple sieges before Alexander the Great's causeway assault in 332 BCE.
Captured by Alexander the Great in July 332 BCE after a seven-month siege; Alexander ordered 2,000 Tyrian men crucified and approximately 30,000 residents enslaved, ending the city's status as an independent Phoenician maritime power.
The atlas holds 6 border frames for Tyre — the shape you scrub through changes in 1200 BC · 1177 BC · 1100 BC · 1050 BC · 731 BC · 585 BC.
A readable modern history of Phoenicia and its cities including Tyre, from origins through the Roman period.
Era/regional history of Phoenician expansion centered on Tyre's role as the foremost maritime power and founder of Carthage.
Era/regional study reframing Phoenician identity through the cities and colonies, with Tyre central to the Iron Age maritime network.