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Tyre juts out from the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, and is located about 80 km (50 mi) south of Beirut.It originally consisted of two distinct urban centres: Tyre itself, which was on an island just 500 to 700m offshore, and the associated settlement of Ushu on the adjacent mainland, later called Palaetyrus, meaning "Old Tyre" in Ancient Greek. [7]
With the end of World War I, Tyre was integrated into the new nation of Lebanon. Post-World War I and French Mandate (1918–1943): After World War I, Tyre became part of the French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon under the League of Nations. In 1920, the French made the State of Greater Lebanon, including Tyre.
Aerial photo of Tyre, c. 1918. Tyre, in Lebanon, is one of the oldest cities in the world, having been continuously inhabited for over 4,700 years.Situated in the Levant on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, Tyre became the leading city of the Phoenician civilization in 969 BC with the reign of the Tyrian king Hiram I, the city of Tyre alongside its Phoenician homeland are also credited with ...
Phoenician (/ f ə ˈ n iː ʃ ən / fə-NEE-shən; Phoenician: śpt knʿn lit. ' language of Canaan ' [2]) is an extinct Canaanite Semitic language originally spoken in the region surrounding the cities of Tyre and Sidon.
Tyre: Elevation. 1,300 ft (400 m) Time zone: GMT +3: Toura (Arabic: طورا) is a municipality in the Tyre District in South Lebanon, ... Map 1: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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An-Naqoura (Arabic: الناقورة, Enn Nâqoura, Naqoura, An Nāqūrah) is a municipality in southern Lebanon. Since March 23, 1978, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has been headquartered in An-Naqoura.
TYRE, Lebanon (Reuters) - In the Lebanese city of Tyre, an ancient Christian community is preparing for Christmas in the shadow of conflict, with the intermittent thud of shelling at the border ...