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Your continued donations keep Wikipedia runningTyreFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchFor a wheel tyre, see the article under the US English spelling of the word, tire. For other uses see Tyre (disambiguation), or Tyrian (disambiguation).Coordinates: 33°16?8?N, 35°12?59?EThe Triumphal ArchTyre (Arabic ÕæÑ ??r, Phoenician ?ur, Hebrew ??? Tzor, Tiberian Hebrew ?? ??r, Akkadian ?urru, Greek ????? T?ros) is a city in the South Governorate of Lebanon. With 117,100 inhabitants (it is reported only 10% of the population is left because of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict [citation #160;needed]), Tyre juts out from the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, about 23 miles north of Acre, and 20 miles south of Sidon. The name of the city means rock [1]. The adjective for Tyre is Tyrian, and the inhabitants are Tyrians.Tyre harbourRemains of ancient columns at Al Mina excavation site - supposed palaestraRectangular theatre at Al Mina excavation siteTyre is an ancient Phoenician city. Today it is the fourth largest city in Lebanon [4] and houses one of the nations major ports. Tyre is a popular destination for tourists. The city has many ancient sites, including its Roman Hippodrome which was reportedly used for the film Ben-Hur,[citation #160;needed] and was added to UNESCOs World Heritage list in 1979 (Resolution 459).[2]Contents1 History1.1 Foundation1.2 Early history1.3 Later history1.4 After 19202 Cultural references3 References4 External links5 See also[edit]HistoryMap of Lebanon from the CIA Factbook. Tyre is near the southern border.The location of the city of Tyre is not in doubt, for it exists to this day on the same spot and is known as Sur. (Katzenstein, H.J., The History of Tyre, 1973, p9) Tyre originally consisted of two distinct urban centers, one on an island and the other on the adjacent coast (approximately 30 stadia apart or 3.5 miles according to Strabo in his Geography xvi, 2), before Alexander the Great connected the island to the coast during his siege of the city. One was a heavily fortified island city amidst the sea and the latter, originally called Ushu (later, Palaetyrus, by the Greeks) was actually more like a line of suburbs than any one city and was used primarily as a source of water and timber for the main island city. [3] Josephus even records them fighting against each other [4], although most of the time they supported one another due to the island city’s wealth from maritime trade and the mainland area’s source of timber, water and burial grounds.[edit]FoundationTyre appears on monuments as early as 1300 BC, although according to Herodotus, it was founded around 2700 BC. Philo of Byblos (in Eusebius) quotes the antiquarian authority Sanchuniathon as stating that it was first occupied by one Hypsuranius. Sanchuniathons work is said to be dedicated to Abibalus king of Berytus -- possibly the Abibaal who was king of Tyre.[5][edit]Early historyThe commerce of the ancient world was gathered into the wareh
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