Tyre

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Definition: Island fortress that Alexander besieged in anger and frustration, finally storming it after he had built a bridge out to it. It was originally a Phoenician city, one of the most important cities of that civilization.

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The Siege of Tyre
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Plutarch's Life of Alexander
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