The Phoenicians were Semitic-speaking people who primarily inhabited several coastal cities in the Levant: Byblos, Tyre, Arvad, Berytus (Beirut), and Sidon. There was no Phoenician empire or ...
but usually refer to them by the names of their city-states and never as “Phoenicians.” The city-state of Tyre and its greatest king, Hiram I (ruled c. 971-939 BCE), are mentioned numerous ...