12) Bashan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...E of the Jordan and the Sea of Galilee from the latitude of Haifa northward to that of Tyre. According to Hebrew tradition, it was conquered by the Israelites and...

13) Apries. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...successor of Psamtik II. Apries sought to recover Syria and Palestine. He attacked Tyre and Sidon but failed (586 B.C.) to relieve the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar....

14) Utica, ancient city, N Africa. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...c.25 mi (40 km) NW of Carthage. According to tradition, it was founded by Phoenicians from Tyre c.1100 B.C. Second in importance to Carthage, Utica usually allied...

15) Ahab. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...was at peace during much of his reign. His marriage with Jezebel helped his friendship with Tyre, and his alliance with Jehoshaphat 1, king of Judah, made Ahab sure...

16) Carthage, ancient city, N Africa. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
..."new city." 1 The Rise of CarthageCarthage was founded (traditionally by Dido) from Tyre in the 9th cent. B.C. The city-state built up trade and in the 6th and 5th...

17) Phoenicia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...often it refers to the heart of the territory where the great Phoenician cities, notably Tyre and Sidon, stood (corresponding roughly to the coast of present-day...

18) Tripoli, city, Libya. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...large oasis, the city was founded (probably in the 7th cent. B.C.) as Oea by Phoenicians from Tyre. The main city of the historic region of Tripolitania, it was later...

19) Pygmalion. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...and that after coming to life it was called Galatea. 2 In Vergil's Aeneid, king of Tyre. He was the brother of Dido and killed her husband, Sychaeus, to get his riches....

20) Tripoli, city, Lebanon. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...no mention of it until Persian times when it was the capital of the Phoenician federation of Tyre, Sidon, and Aradus and was divided into three sections. The city...