Sidon is the Greek name (meaning 'fishery') for the ancient Phoenician port city of Sidonia (also known as Saida) in what is, today, Lebannon (located about 25 miles south of Beirut). Along with the city of Tyre, Sidon was the most powerful city-state of ancient Phoenicia and first manufactured the purple dye which made Tyre famous and was so rare and expensive that the color purple became synonymous with royalty.
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c. 4000 BCEFounding of the city of Sidon.
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c. 1200 BCE - c. 800 BCEFirst wave of Phoenician colonization where largely trading-posts are founded throughout the Mediterranean.
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c. 1101 BCETraditional founding date for the Phoenician colony of Utica by Sidon (or Tyre).
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c. 1000 BCEAhiram becomes king of Sidon.
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980 BCEIttobaal becomes king of Sidon.
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940 BCEAbibaal becomes king of Sidon.
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920 BCEYehimilk becomes king of Sidon.
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900 BCEElibaal becomes king of Sidon.
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880 BCEShiptibaal becomes king of Sidon.
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c. 800 BCE - 600 BCESecond stage of Phoenician colonization where trading-posts become full colonies throughout the Mediterranean.
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351 BCEArtaxerxes III sacks Sidon.
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332 BCEAlexander the Great sacks Sidon.
