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332 B.C. Tyre falls to Alexander the Great From January to July 332 BCE, Alexander tried to take the Phoenician city Tyre, the naval base of the Persians. The town was built on an island, but Alexander ordered a dam to be constructed. The Macedonian and Greek soldiers, who were frustrated by the length of the siege, avenged themselves on the populace. Source:http://www.livius.org/aj-al/alexander/ alexander_t09.html

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332 B.C. Tyre falls to Alexander the Great

• From January to July 332 BCE, Alexander tried to take the Phoenician city Tyre, the naval base of the Persians.

• The town was built on an island, but Alexander ordered a dam to be constructed.

• The Macedonian and Greek soldiers, who were frustrated by the length of the siege, avenged themselves on the populace. 

• Source:http://www.livius.org/aj-al/alexander/alexander_t09.html