Tyros

This article is about the specific polity Tyros and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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A Phoenician city-state. Phoenicia was an ancient civilization in the north of Canaan in parts of Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine.

Establishment

January 1229 BC: The Phoenician city-state of Tyros is established. The Phoenicians emerged as a distinct and organized civilization in 1230 BC after the Late Bronze Age collapse had severely weakened the Egyptian and Hittits civilizations.

Chronology

Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation

1. Conquests of Ithobaal I

Conquests by the king of Tyre Ithobaal I.

January 855 BC: During the rule of the priest Ithobaal (887-856 BC), Tyre expanded its territory as far north as Beirut, and also incorporated its former rival Sidon.

2. Campaigns of Shalmaneser III

Military campaigns of Assyrian king Shalmaneser III.

January 840 BC: Tyre conquered by assyria.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1029 BC: According to biblical accounts, the Davidic-Solomonic Empire, known as the United Monarchy of Israel in English-speaking countries, was a state in the eastern Mediterranean during the 10th century BC. This kingdom encompassed the territories that would later become the separate kingdoms of Judah and Israel.

January 999 BC: Kition was under Tyrian rule at the beginning of the 10th century BC.