<P> Coordinates: 34 ° 07 ′ 25" N 35 ° 39 ′ 04" E ﻿ / ﻿ 34.12361 ° N 35.65111 ° E ﻿ / 34.12361; 35.65111 </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Phoenicia knʿn / kanaʿan (Phoenician) Φοινίκη / Phoiníkē (Greek) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 2500 BC--539 BC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Map of Phoenicia and its Mediterranean trade routes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Capital </Th> <Td> Byblos (2500 - 1000 BC) Tyre (900 - 550 BC) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Common languages </Th> <Td> Phoenician, Punic </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Religion </Th> <Td> Canaanite religion </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Government </Th> <Td> City - states ruled by kings </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Well - known kings of Phoenician cities </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> c. 1000 BC </Th> <Td> Ahiram </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 969--936 BC </Th> <Td> Hiram I </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 820--774 BC </Th> <Td> Pygmalion of Tyre </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Historical era </Th> <Td> Classical antiquity </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Established </Th> <Td> 2500 BC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Tyre in South Lebanon, under the reign of Hiram I, becomes the dominant city - state </Th> <Td> 969 BC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dido founds Carthage (legendary) </Th> <Td> 814 BC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Cyrus the Great conquers Phoenicia </Th> <Td> 539 BC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Area </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1000 BC </Th> <Td> 20,000 km (7,700 sq mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Preceded by </Td> <Td> Succeeded by </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Canaanites </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hittite Empire </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Egyptian Empire </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Achaemenid Phoenicia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ancient Carthage </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Phoenicia knʿn / kanaʿan (Phoenician) Φοινίκη / Phoiníkē (Greek) </Th> </Tr>

Founded by the phoenicians around 800 b.c the city of