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Tyre

Phoenicia

Tyre (Arabic Sur), an ancient Phoenician port on the Mediterranean coast of southern Lebanon, was a fortified coastal town of Bilad al-Sham, taken by the Crusaders in 1124 and recovered for Islam in 1291. As a Mediterranean harbour it lay on the routes travelled by scholars of the Syrian coast.

12 most-discussed ideas

Teachers who lived here

Works composed here

Ideas shaped here

Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Tyre. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.