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Siege of Tyre

Siege of Tyre was a siege conducted in 586 BC at Tyre, in what is now Lebanon. The recorded result: Babylonian victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against Unknown.

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Тир, осаждённый Навуходоносором Вавилонским (Tyre besieged by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon). Рисунок Стэнли Л. Вуда для "Хатчинсоновской истории наций" ("Hutchinson's History of the Nations", 1915, р. 33
Тир, осаждённый Навуходоносором Вавилонским (Tyre besieged by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon). Рисунок Стэнли Л. Вуда для "Хатчинсоновской истории наций" ("Hutchinson's History of the Nations", 1915, р. 33. Stanley Llewelyn Wood, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date586 BC (year precision)
PlaceTyre, Lebanon
33.271N, 35.196E
KindSiege, ancient
ResultBabylonian victory
BelligerentsNeo-Babylonian EmpireTyre
CommandersNebuchadnezzar IIIthobaal III
StrengthUnknownUnknown
Casualties and lossesUnknownHigh?
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Tyre is one of 12 engagements of the 6th century BC in the atlas and one of 28 in present-day Lebanon.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q11794916, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Tyre (586–573 BC), revision 1378907947, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.