Alexei, peace and greetings..
Here is a quote from the website
http://www.middleeast.com/tyre.htm
Would you mind going to the site and reading what it says about Tyre and letting me know what you as a citizen think of what this is saying. From what I can see, this is not a Christian site, so hopefully it has no bias attached from a Christian perspective. I'll come back to your comments about the prophecies once we have solved the issue of which Tyre we are discussing. Thanks for your patience and help
Phoenician Tyre was queen of the seas, an island city of unprecedented splendor.
She grew wealthy from her far-reaching colonies andher industries of purple-dyed textiles. But she also attracted the attention of jealous conquerors among them the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar and Alexander the Great.
Five Millennia of History
Founded at the start of the third millennium B.C., Tyre originally consisted of a mainland settlement and a modest island city that lay a short distance off shore. But it was not until the first millennium B.C. that the city experienced its golden age.
In the 10th century B.C. Hiram, King of Tyre, joined two islets by landfill. Later he extended the city
further by reclaiming a considerable area from the sea. Phoenician expansion began about 815 B.C. when traders from Tyre founded Carthage in North Africa. Eventually its colonies spread around the Mediterranean and Atlantic, bringing to the city a flourishing maritime trade. But prosperity and power make their own enemies. Early in the sixth century B.C. Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, laid siege to the walled city for thirteen years. Tyre stood firm, but it was probable that at this time the residents of the mainlandcity abandoned it for the safety of the island.
Carol