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    Tyre (/ˈtaɪər/; Arabic: صُور, romanized: Ṣūr; Phoenician: 𐤑𐤓, romanized: Ṣūr; Greek: Τύρος, translit. Týros) is a city in Lebanon, one of the oldest...
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    Tyre, in Lebanon, is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, having been continuously inhabited for over 4,700 years. Situated in...
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  • Look up tyre in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tyre most often refers to: Tyre (wheel), or tire, the outer part of a wheel Tyre, Lebanon, a Mediterranean...
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    10 Uxians 9 Gaugamela 8 Alexandria 7 Gaza 6 Tyre 5 Issus 4 Miletus 3 Granicus 2 Pella 1    The siege of Tyre was orchestrated by Alexander the Great in...
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  • The Tyre headquarters bombings were two suicide bombings against the Israel Defense Forces' headquarters building in Tyre, Lebanon, in 1982 and 1983. The...
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    The Tyre District is a district in the South Governorate of Lebanon. Founded at the start of the third millennium BC, Tyre originally consisted of a mainland...
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    The Tyre Hippodrome, located in the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon, is an ancient sporting arena and UNESCO World Heritage site dating back to the second...
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  • Southern Lebanon are sometimes included. The main cities of the region are Sidon, Tyre, Jezzine and Nabatiyeh. The cazas of Bint Jbeil, Tyre, and Nabatieh...
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  • Hiram I (redirect from King Hiram of Tyre)
    Phoenician king. In the Southern Lebanese city of Tyre there is a neighbourhood called Hay Hiram, located in Tyre's northern municipality of Abassiyat...
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    Tyrian purple (redirect from Purple of Tyre)
    imperial dye, is a reddish-purple natural dye. The name Tyrian refers to Tyre, Lebanon, once Phoenicia. It is secreted by several species of predatory sea...
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    Marinus of Tyre (Greek: Μαρῖνος ὁ Τύριος, Marînos ho Týrios; c. AD 70–130) was a Greek-speaking Roman geographer, cartographer and mathematician, who founded...
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    southern Lebanon, except for the city of Tyre, with 25,000 troops. The objective was to push the PLO away from the border and bolster a Lebanese Christian...
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  • The King of Tyre was the ruler of Tyre, the ancient Phoenician city in what is now Lebanon. The traditional list of 12 kings, with reigns dated to 990–785...
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    Air Force struck targets in Tyre, Lebanon and in the Gaza Strip in retaliation. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) described the situation...
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    The siege of Tyre was waged by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon for 13 years from 586 to 573 BC. The siege of Tyre, in Phoenicia, has a significant connection...
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    The siege of Tyre took place from 12 November 1187 to 1 January 1188. An army commanded by Saladin made an amphibious assault on the city, defended by...
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  • Wissam al-Tawil (category People from Tyre, Lebanon)
    in Tyre, Lebanon, 1970 or 1976, al-Tawil joined Hezbollah in 1989 and actively engaged in numerous attacks against Israeli forces and their Lebanese allies...
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    Greek pronunciation: [eu̯.rɔ̌ː.pɛː]) was a Phoenician princess from Tyre, Lebanon and the mother of King Minos of Crete. The continent of Europe is named...
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  • Tadamon Sour SC (category Football clubs in Lebanon)
    Sporting Club Tyre'), known as Tadamon Sour or simply Tadamon, is a football club based in Tyre, Lebanon, that competes in the Lebanese Premier League...
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    Frumentius (category People from Tyre, Lebanon)
    He was ethnically a Phoenician, according to Rufinus, born in Tyre, modern day Lebanon. As a boy, he was captured with his brother on a voyage, and they...
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  • Tyrian may refer to the following: Tyre, Lebanon, an adjective for Tyre, a city in the South Governorate of Lebanon Tyrian (video game), an arcade-style...
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    Yasmina Zaytoun (category Lebanese beauty pageant winners)
    runner-up of Miss World 2023. Zaytoun was born and raised in Tyre, Lebanon. Her father is from Lebanon, while her mother is of Palestinian descent.[citation...
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    Tyrian shekel (redirect from Shekel of Tyre)
    Tyrian shekels, tetradrachms, or tetradrachmas were coins of Tyre, which in the Roman Empire took on an unusual role as the medium of payment for the Temple...
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    transformers in south Lebanon cutting off power to the city of Tyre and fuel tanks of an oil-fired power station in Jiyeh. A report from the Lebanese Council for...
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    Maximus of Tyre (Greek: Μάξιμος Τύριος; fl. late 2nd century AD), also known as Cassius Maximus Tyrius, was a Greek rhetorician and philosopher who lived...
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    Mediterranean Sea north of Tyre. Lebanon has 16 rivers all of which are non-navigable; 13 rivers originate from Mount Lebanon and run through the steep...
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    Porphyry of Tyre (/ˈpɔːrfɪri/; Greek: Πορφύριος, Porphýrios; c. 234 – c. AD 305) was a Neoplatonic philosopher born in Tyre, Roman Phoenicia during Roman...
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    The Revolt of Tyre was an anti-Fatimid rebellion by the populace of the city of Tyre, in modern Lebanon. It began in 996, when the people, led by an ordinary...
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    Jesus exorcised the woman's daughter whilst travelling in the region of Tyre and Sidon, on account of the faith shown by the woman. The third-century...
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  • Rosaire (Haddad) - Gemmayze, Beirut Hospital Akkar Rahal - Halba, Lebanon Hiram Hospital - Tyre - Jal El Bahr Hopital Dr. Georges Moarbes - Furn el Chebbak...
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