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Tyre

Island-and-mainland Phoenician metropolis, dominant sea power of the Levant that founded colonies across the Mediterranean including Carthage and Cadiz; source of the prized Tyrian purple dye.

Dated events and their evidence

• 2,750 BCE mainstream
  traditional founding date, colony of Sidon source
• 1,350 BCE mainstream
  first written mention (Amarna letters era) source

Where

33.2708° N, 35.1961° E

Sources

• https://study.com/academy/lesson/tyre-lebanon-overview-history-facts.html
• https://www.thecollector.com/history-of-ancient-classical-city-of-tyre/

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