The port town of Sidon (pictured in 1843), capital of the Sidon-Beirut Sanjak, which Fakhr al-Din and his family governed between 1593 and 1633 with occasional interruption
Sidon is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world and has a rich and diverse history that spans over 6,000 years. The city's name has changed over time and has been known by various names, including Sidun, Saida, and Saïd. The earliest evidence of human settlement in the area dates back to the Neolithic period, around 4000 BCE. Sidon rose to prominence during the Bronze Age and became one of the most important city-states in the region. It was a major center for trade and commerce and played a significant role in the Mediterranean trade network. The city's strategic coastal location made it a hub for maritime activities.
In the years before Christianity, Sidon had many conquerors: Assyrians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Persians, Greeks, and finally Romans. Herod the Great visited Sidon. Both Jesus and Saint Paul are said to have visited it, too. The city was eventually conquered by the Arabs and then by the Ottoman Turks.
Sidon is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world and has a rich and diverse history that spans over 6,000 years. The city's name has changed over...
Pia Sidon to honour its imperial sponsor. In the Book of Genesis, Sidon was the first-born son of Canaan, who was a son of Ham, thereby making Sidon a great-grandson...
as a fortress of the holy land. It is one of the most prominent historical sites in the port city ofSidon, Lebanon. The city ofSidon is located on the...
Antipater ofSidon (Greek: Ἀντίπατρος ὁ Σιδώνιος, Antipatros ho Sidonios) was an ancient Greek poet of the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. Cicero mentions him...
The Lordship ofSidon (French: Saete/Sagette), (Later County ofSidon) was one of the four major fiefdoms of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, one of the Crusader...
two hypogea housing a total of 21 sarcophagi of kings and nobles of the city ofSidon (modern Saida), a coastal city in Lebanon, and a prominent Phoenician...
organized in city-states, similar to those of ancient Greece, of which the most notable were Tyre, Sidon, and Byblos. Each city-state was politically...
The King ofSidon was the ruler ofSidon, an ancient Phoenician city in what is now Lebanon. Scholars have pieced together the fragmented list from various...
the Galilee were part ofSidon Eyalet while the rest of Palestine administratively belonged to Damascus, it was the rulers of Acre, beginning with Zahir...
The Sarcophagus of the Satrap is an ancient Hellenistic marble funerary monument discovered at the Ayaa Necropolis in Sidon, present-day Lebanon, and...
Zeno ofSidon (Greek: Ζήνων ὁ Σιδώνιος; c. 150 – c. 75 BC) was a Greek Epicurean philosopher from the Seleucid city ofSidon. His writings have not survived...
Eyalet ofSidon (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت صیدا, romanized: Eyālet-i Ṣaydā; Arabic: إيالة صيدا) was an eyalet (also known as a beylerbeylik) of the Ottoman...
The Sidon synagogue (Arabic: كنيس صيدا) is one of the oldest synagogues in the world. It is located in the old city ofSidon (Saida, Lebanon) in the Jewish...
Reginald ofSidon, and Joscius, Archbishop of Tyre were sent on a new embassy to Tripoli. During the journey they stopped at Balian's fief of Nablus, and...
Amarna letter EA 144, titled: "Zimreddi ofSidon," is a square-shaped, mostly flat clay tablet letter written on both sides and the bottom edge. It is...
discovered in 1901 in shaft tombs at Ain al-Hilweh, southeast ofSidon, during the excavations of the American School in Jerusalem. The finds were first published...
because of the purple (phoinikies) dye they sold. These early inhabitants referred to themselves as "men ofSidon" or the like, according to their city of origin...
was lord ofSidon and an important noble in the late-12th century Kingdom of Jerusalem. Reginald was the son of Gerard Grenier and Agnes of Bures, and...
Boethus ofSidon (Greek: Βόηθος, translit. Bóēthos; c. 75 – c. 10 BC) was a Peripatetic philosopher from Sidon, who lived towards the end of the 1st century...
empire, flourishing around the turn of the first millennium BC, encompassed numerous cities extending from Tyre, Sidon, and Byblos, across the Mediterranean...
Efraim Sidon (born 9 August 1942) is a Czech rabbi, writer and playwright. He is the Chief Rabbi of the Czech Republic, and former Chief Rabbi of the city...
the Holy Land. Before the taking over of Acre (on 18 May 1291), Franciscan friaries were present at Acre, Sidon, Antioch, Tripoli, Jaffa, and Jerusalem...
end of the demonstration as it was dissipating. Farid Khazen, sourcing the local historiesofSidon academics and eyewitnesses, gives a run-down of the...
order to meet the heavy taxes imposed on the city by Hassan Aga, governor Sidon Eyalet—the province that Gaza briefly belonged to. Husayn's period in office...
unknown. The two most important sites are Byblos and Sidon-Dakerman (near Sidon), although, as of 2021, well over a hundred sites remain to be excavated...
commerce in the coastal towns during times of quiescence. Most of them were artisans: glassblowers in Sidon, furriers and dyers in Jerusalem.[citation...
Global Information
Lebanon portal