| 2000 BC 2300? | Little is known about Phoenicians settled in Byblos on the east coast of the Med. They traded extensively and were skilled sea farers | |
| 1479 | Conquered by Egypt's Thutmosis III | |
| 1411-1358 | Amorites and Hittities defeated Egyptian princes in Phoenicia (1375?) | |
| 1350 | Egypt retook Phoenicia | |
| 1300 | Mycenaean culture at Ugarit | |
| 1200s | Phoenician, occupied by old Canaanites flourishes under Aegean influence excepting Beirut under Hittities, Ugarit is permanently destroyed | |
| 1100 | Sidon became the capital of the Sidonians, built by Abiba'al, father of Hiram | |
| 1000 | Hiram I of Tyre ruled, allied to David of Palestine Extended his territories to Byblos A-47 |
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| 887 | Ittobaal, a priest of Astarte, killed the king Pilles 888, founded new Phoenician dynasty to north Beirut and Cyprus | |
| 876 | Jezebal, dtr of the King of Tyre is married to Ahab of Israel | |
| 842 | Phoenicians are over taken by the Assyrians | |
| 814 | King Pygmalion's sister, Elissa, fleeing Tyre founded Carthage The language of Punic was a Phoenician dialect |
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| 774 | Hiram II paid tribute to Tiglath-pileser II of Assyria | |
| 760 | Some Phoenicians had moved to Italy by this time | |
| 701 | Hezekiah of Judah with allies from Phoenicia, Philistia, Egypt face Sennacherib of Assyria, on one or more campaigns. Sidon and Tyre pay tribute to Assyria | |
| 600's | Herodotus tells of Phoenicians successfully sailing around Africa A-40 | |
| 677 | Essarhaddon razes Sidon, builds his own city Kar-Essarhaddon in its place | |
| 671 | Essarhaddon of Assyria sacks Thebes, makes Egypt to Thebes an Assyian territory including Phoenicia | |
| 627 | Ashurbanipal of Assyria died, leaving Phoenicia independent | |
| 586 | King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon rules | |
| 573 | Tyre surrendered to Nebuchrezzar of Babylon | |
| 539 | Cyrus of Persia takes Babylon, Assyria, thusly Phoenicia | |
| 538 | Divided into four kingdoms: Sidon, Tyre, Arvad, Byblos, all under the lordship of Persia | |
| 480 | Hamilcar was defeated by Gelo of Syracuse in Carthage who gained control of the western Med and Straits of Gilbraltar | |
| 409 | Hannibul, grandson of Hamilcar, stormed Selinus making Sicily part of Carthage, but wars continued | |
| 332 | Alexander the Great took control of Phoenicia with no resistance from
all but Tyre Tyre's last king Azemilkos refused entrance Macedonians attacked from Jan to July or August The siege is famous for the horrific treatment of Macedonian prisoners as well as Alexander's revenge 8,000 slain, 30,000 sold for slaves |
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| 286 | Controlled by the Ptolemies of Egypt | |
| 268 | First Punic War, Carthage against Rome | |
| 197 | Phoenicia controlled by Syria and the Seleucids, increasingly Hellenized | |
| 146 | Third Punic War, Carthage destroyed | |
| 122 | Carthage went to Roman Rule | |
| 82 | King of Armenia, Tigranes I ruled the Seleucids thusly Phoenicia | |
| 64 | Pompey organized Syria and Phoenicia as a Roman provence | |