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Lebanon
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Revolts in the Phoenician cities became more frequent under
Babylonian rule (685-36 B.C.). Tyre rebelled again and for thirteen
years resisted a siege by the troops of Nebuchadnezzar (587-74
B.C.). After this long siege, the city capitulated; its king was
dethroned, and its citizens were enslaved.
The Achaemenids ended Babylonian rule when Cyrus, founder of
the Persian Empire, captured Babylon in 539-38 B.C. and Phoenicia
and its neighbors passed into Persian hands. Cambyses (529-22
B.C.), Cyrus's son and successor, continued his father's policy of
conquest and in 529 B.C. became suzerain of Syria, Lebanon, and
Egypt. The Phoenician navy supported Persia during the GrecoPersian War (490-49 B.C.). But when the Phoenicians were
overburdened with heavy tributes imposed by the successors of
Darius I (521-485 B.C.), revolts and rebellions resumed in the
Lebanese coastal cities.
Data as of December 1987
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