Tyre / Sur

Maps on our site:

• 1550, S. Munster, Cosmographiae Universalis, 1022
  
  
• 1764, J. Roux, Receuil des principaux plans..., pl. 118
  
  
• 1764, J.-N. Bellin, Le petit atlas maritime, v. III, pl. 17
  
  
• 1848, Yanosky & David, Syrie ancienne et moderne, pl. 3
  
  
• 1862 (1916), A.L. Mansell, R.N. Sûr ancient Tyre

Home of legendary Biblical king Hiram; withstood attacks from Assyrians & Babylonians; resisted Nebuchadnezzar II 6th cen. BC; captured by Alexander 332 BC; controlled by Seleucids & Romans 7th cen. AD; taken by Crusaders 1124; fell to Muslims 1291.

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