Alexander the Great’s siege of Tyre in 332 BCE was a pivotal moment in his conquest of the Persian Empire. Despite initial setbacks, Alexander’s forces eventually breached the city’s ...

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In 334 B.C., Alexander set out to conquer the Persian Empire ... He seized strategic ports, including the defiant Phoenician port of Tyre. He met with more reverence in Egypt, where he was ...

Today, Tyre juts out from the Lebanese coast on ... and historical significance -- capturing the city was key to Alexander's conquest of the Persian Empire -- but also for the engineering feat ...

Alexander the Great, here played by actor Colin Farrell, went on to conquer the Persian empire after taking the strategically important city of Tyre. Ancient perspective (illustration): the siege ...

This was as far as Alexander cared to go in this difficult terrain. Tyre, an ancient Phoenician city, was on an an island nearly a mile offshore. Rather than trying to conquer it with an ...

A few weeks ago, I stopped by Dr. Paul Newson’s office at the American University of Beirut to get some historical perspective on Alexander the Great’s conquest ... city of Tyre and met ...