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The Persian Empire eventually fell to Alexander the Great, king
of Macedonia. He attacked Asia Minor, defeated the Persian troops
in 333 B.C., and advanced toward the Lebanese coast. Initially the
Phoenician cities made no attempt to resist, and they recognized
his suzerainty. However, when Alexander tried to offer a sacrifice
to Melkurt, Tyre's god, the city resisted. Alexander besieged Tyre
in retaliation in early 332 B.C. After six months of resistance,
the city fell, and its people were sold into slavery. Despite his
early death in 323 B.C., Alexander's conquest of the eastern
Mediterranean Basin left a Greek imprint on the area. The
Phoenicians, being a cosmopolitan people amenable to outside
influences, adopted aspects of Greek civilization with ease.
Data as of December 1987
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