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	Sidon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Coordinates: 33°33′38″N, 35°23′53″E Sidon or Saida, (Arabic صيدا Ṣaydā) is the third-largest city in Lebanon.
		It became the centre of the Lordship of Sidon, an important seigneury in the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
		After Sidon came under Ottoman Turkish rule in the seventeenth century, it regained a great deal of its earlier commercial importance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sidon (648 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sidon
		Sidon is the oldest city of the Phoenicians, and the metropolis of the great colonial empire established by this people (Strabo, XVI, i, 22).
		Sidon, called the mother of the Phoenician cities, for Tyre, Carthage, Hippo were settled by emigrants from there, was noted for its bronze, its commerce, navigation, knowledge of mathematics and astronomy; it is mentioned with great praise by Homer (Iliad, XXIII, 743; Odyssey, XV, 425; XIII, 285).
		A great synod on the subject of Monophysitism was held at Sidon in 512.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13776a.htm (1121 words)

	Sidon
		Sidon became early distinguished for its manufactures and the skill of its artisans, such as beautiful metal-work in silver and bronze and textile fabrics embroidered and dyed with the famous purple dye which became known as Tyrian, but which was earlier produced at Sidon.
		Sidon had a monarchical form of government, as did all the Phoenician towns, but it also held a sort of hegemony over those to the South as far as the limit of Phoenicia.
		Sidon, with the other towns, eventually became independent of Egypt, and she retained the hegemony of the southern towns and perhaps added Dor, claimed by the Philistines, to her dominion.
	holycall.com /biblemaps/sidon.htm (1654 words)

	GORP - Ancient Phoenicia - Sidon
		Referred to as"Sidon the Great, Mother of Arvad and of Tyre" it is referred to in the Old Testament and by Homer.
		Sidon, due to its early prominence in trade (especially of Phoenician glassware and the special purple dyes), was a hard won prize but nevertheless frequently conquered, destroyed and rebuilt.
		Prosperous throughout the 2nd millennium BC, it was ruled by Assyria, Babylonia, Persia, Alexander the Great, the Seleucids of Syria, the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, and the Romans.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/location/africa/phonici4.htm (254 words)

	Sidon
		Sidon's Phoenician period began in the 12th - 10th century B.C. and reached its height during the Persian Empire (550 - 330 B.C.).
		After the disaster the city was too weak to oppose the triumphal march of Alexander the Great in 333 B.C. It sued for peace and the Hellenistic age of Sidon began.
		In the 15th century, Sidon was one of the ports of Damascus and it flourished once more during the 17th century when it was rebuilt by Fakhreddine II, then ruler of Lebanon.
	www.middleeast.com /sidon.htm (1837 words)

	bible.org: ISBE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Ashtoreth (Phoenician `ashtoreth) was the great Nature-goddess, the Magna Mater, queen of heaven (Jer 7:18), and as Baal was the solar deity, so she was often represented under the lunar aspect, Ashteroth-karnaim, "Ashteroth of the two horns" (Gen 14:5).
		At Sidon a great temple was built in his honor, the ruins of which have been recently explored and various inscriptions found dedicating it to him.
		Sidon came to the front as the chief city of Phoenicia, and it is referred to by Joshua as "Great Sidon" (Josh 11:8).
	www.bible.org /isbe.asp?id=6912 (6011 words)

	Sidon in History
		Sidon is of immense antiquity, but few remains of the ancient city have survived the ravages of time and man. There is evidence that Sidon was inhabited as long ago as 4000 B.C., and perhaps even earlier, in Neolithic times.
		Sidon was also famous in ancient times for its gardens and its twin-basin harbor.
		In the 15th Century, Sidon was one of the ports of Damascus.
	almashriq.hiof.no /lebanon/900/910/919/saida1/history.html (692 words)

	Lebanon - Sidon: MiddleEastUK.com Destinations
		Sidon, on the coast 48km south of Beirut, is one of the famous names in ancient history.
		The challenge for any visitor to Sidon is to recapture a sense of this city's ancient glory from the intriguing elements that still survive.
		Sidon is also famous for a variety of local sweets which you can watch being made in the old souk (market) or in shops on the main street.
	www.middleeastuk.com /destinations/lebanon/sidon.htm (645 words)

	History of Phoenicia - Part VIII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The great attack of Crassus on Parthia in the year B.C. 53 had bitterly exasperated that savage and powerful kingdom, which was quite strong enough to retaliate, under favourable circumstances, upon the mighty mistress of the West, and to inflict severe sufferings upon Rome's allies, subjects, and dependencies.
		Still, he thought it of great importance, and a necessity of the times, that he should write a book against the Christians, whose opinions were, he knew, making such progress as raised the suspicion that they would prevail over all others, and in a short time become universal.
		Mela502 speaks of Sidon in the second century after Christ as "still opulent." Ulpian,503 himself a Tyrian by descent, calls Tyre in the reign of Septimus Severus "a most splendid colony." A writer of the age of Constantine says of it: "The prosperity of Tyre is extraordinary.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/hst/ancient/HistoryofPhoenicia/chap26.html (4117 words)

	Bible Study - Sidon
		Sidon, or Zidon, is an ancient city located on the coast of the The Mediterranean Sea, about half way between Beirut and Tyre.
		Sidon became a Phoenician city, along with Tyre, with which it was associated, and they became famous for their industry and commerce.
		Sidon is mentioned by the prophets Isaiah (e.g.
	www.keyway.ca /htm2001/20010416.htm (334 words)

	Profile of Sidon/Saida - Lebanon - Saidon.com
		Sidon was the third great Phoenician city-state, rivaling Byblos and Tyre as a naval power.
		Sidon is known as the capital of the South.
		There is evidence that Sidon was inhabited as long ago as 4000 B.C., and perhaps as early as Neolithic times (6000 - 4000 B.C.).The ancient city was built on a promontory facing an island, which sheltered its fleet from storms and served as a refuge during military incursions from the interior.
	www.saidon.com (833 words)

	Lebanon Voice Chat gallery saida
		Sidon, on the coast 48 kilometers south of Beirut, is one of the Famous names in ancient history.
		Sidon is famous for a variety of local sweets which you can watch being made in the old souk or in shops on the main street.
		South of the souk on the way to the Castle of St. Louis, is the Great Mosque, formerly the Church of St. John of the Hospitalers.
	www.lebanonvoice.com /gallery/saida.phtml (1843 words)

	Saida (Sidon)
		Sidon is proudly considered the capital of the south.
		It was the third great Phoenician city-state on the Mediterranean coast.
		Sidon's Phoenician Period began in the 12th-10th century B.C. and reached its height during the Persian Empire (550-330 B.C).
	www.ikamalebanon.com /national_heritage/south_nh/sth_cities_nh/saida.htm (926 words)

	Cup Of Wrath
		Tyre was one of the great cities of ancient times built on an island hundreds of yards offshore.
		Sidon, another great commercial city, likewise was judged by the sword, as Jeremiah prophesied.
		Its great climax is yet to come, at the great and dreadful day of Yahweh, a time in the near future.
	www.childrenofyahweh.com /Comparet/cup_of_wrath.htm (2590 words)

	Phoenicia, Phoenicians - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
		Ashtoreth (Phoenician `ashtoreth) was the great Nature-goddess, the Magna Mater, queen of heaven (Jeremiah 7:18), and as Baal was the solar deity, so she was often represented under the lunar aspect, Ashteroth-karnaim, "Ashteroth of the two horns" (Genesis 14:5).
		Esmun ('esmun) one of the sons of Siddik, the father of the Cabiri, was especially honored at Sidon and Beirut.
		Sidon came to the front as the chief city of Phoenicia, and it is referred to by Joshua as "Great Sidon" (Joshua 11:8).
	www.searchgodsword.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T6911 (6015 words)

	MICE - Lebanon 2004
		Visitors today can only see the remnants of the great Temple of Jupiter, but this is a marvel in itself, leaving visitors to wonder at the immensity of the project and the great workmanship that went into it, still evident in several smaller structures that have remained intact.
		Sidon is one of the oldest Phoenician cities in Lebanon with evidence that it was inhabited as far back as 4,000 BC.
		The three main necropolises of Sidon lie beyond the ancient city limits and were in use until the late Roman and early Christian eras.
	www.miceonline.net /lebanon/attraction.htm (3131 words)

	History of Phoenicia - Part III
		Tyre and Aradus were safe upon their islands; Sidon and the other cities upon the mainland, were protected by strong and lofty walls.
		Shalmaneser had discovered during his abortive campaign that there were discords and jealousies among the various Phnician cities; that none of them submitted without repugnance to the authority of Tyre, and that Sidon especially had an ancient ground of quarrel with her more powerful sister, and always cherished the hope of recovering her original supremacy.
		It seems to have been in the course of the same year that Esarhaddon held one of those courts, or /durbars/, in Syria, which all subject monarchs were expected to attend, and whereat it was the custom that they should pay homage to their suzerain.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/hst/ancient/HistoryofPhoenicia/chap21.html (3707 words)

	History Of The Scottish Nation - Vol 1, Chapter 1 - First Peopling of Britain
		The second of these great streams the Tigris, sending its floods to the south, and traversing with rapid flow the great plains which lie between the mountains of Armenia and the Persian gulf, would open the road to India and the countries of the East.
		On the north of the great mountain-wall which, as we have said, parts the world in two, the ground runs off in a mighty downward slope, diversified by forests and lakes, and furrowed by mountain-chains, and finally terminates in the steppes of Tartary and the frozen land of Siberia.
		If the two great hosts that mingled on its soil, the one, passing under the freezing sky of the Sarmatian plains, and combatting with flood and storm on their way, arrived in their new abode earnest, patient, and courageous.
	www.electricscotland.com /HISTORY/wylie/vol1ch1.htm (3669 words)

	Sennacherib - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Assyrian accounts do not treat it as a disaster, but a great victory, not telling about the final outcome - they state that the siege was so successful that Hezekiah was forced to give a monetary tribute, and so the Assyrians left victoriously, without anything even remotely like great losses of thousands of men.
		He was able to do this to Great Sidon, Little Sidon, Bit-Zitti, Zaribtu, Mahalliba, Ushu, Akzib and Akko.
		As the two armies lay here opposite one another, there came in the night, a multitude of field-mice, which devoured all the quivers and bowstrings of the enemy, and ate the thongs by which they managed their shields.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sennacherib (1176 words)

	Phoenician history
		Sidon, "the fish town," became "Sidon the Great," known as the "mother" city, the first sender out of colonies, the builder and protector of lesser towns.
		Sidon's territory bordered upon Palestine, and hence the city was well known to the early Israelites, who called all these northern neighbors in a general way Sidonians.
		The power of Babylon succeeded to that of Assyria; and Tyre withstood a thirteen-year siege from the great Nebuchadnezzar, who was forced to compromise for her submission at last.
	www.publicbookshelf.com /public_html/The_Story_of_the_Greatest_Nations_and_the_Worlds_Famous_Events_Vol_1/phoenicia_jf.html (2285 words)

	Lebanon - Sidon
		Sidon, Zidon or Saida, (Arabic صيدا Ṣaydā; Hebrew צִידוֹן, Standard Hebrew Ẓidon, Tiberian Hebrew Ṣîḏōn) is the third-largest city in Lebanon.
		The Egyptians, assisted by England and France, captured and held the city in the nineteenth century.
		During WWI, the British took Sidon; after the war it became part of the French Protectorate in the Eastern Mediterranean.
	www.lebanon-knowledge.com /Sidon-102.html (547 words)

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		Sidon, the largest city in South Lebanon, is one of the famous names in ancient history, and was inhabited as early as Neolithic times (6,000-4,000 B.C.)
		The city was built on a peninsula facing an island, sheltering its fleet from storms and served as a refuge during military incursions from the interior.
		Not far and almost on the coast is the Grand Mosque which was built on the foundations of the Church of St. John of the Hospitalers, originally built by the Crusaders in the 13th century.
	souwar.yaacoub.com /index.php?template=sidon (974 words)

	Evangelist's killing raises fears of anti-Western resurgence - Robert Fisk: 22nd November, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Her friends had told Bonnie Weatherall that Christian evangelism in the rigidly religious Sunni Muslim city of Sidon could be dangerous.
		But in a city such as Sidon, Mrs Weatherall's life was forfeit.
		Sidon is perhaps the strictest of Lebanese cities – alcohol is forbidden and the city, unlike the rest of Lebanon, which accepts Saturday and Sunday as its weekend, closes down for the Muslim Sabbath on Fridays.
	www.robert-fisk.com /articles148.htm (447 words)

	The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. IX: Petri - Reuchlin (phenicia_penicians) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The little plain about Sidon stretches to the north about to the Nahr al-‘Awali, from the north side of which, about a half-hour from the city, the district of the Lebanon comprises the coast until near Tarabulus, or Tripolis, with the exception of Beirut and its immediate vicinity.
		Philopator in 218 B.C. North of the Ras al Damur is the mouth of the Nahr al-Damur, the Damuras, Demarus, or Tamyras of the ancients.
		On the emergence of the Ptolemies and Seleucids from the confusion ensuing on the death of Alexander the Great, the Phenician cities came under Seleucus I. His successors also held Aradus and its vicinity, while the cities south of the Eleutherus were under the Ptolemies from 281 to 198.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/schaff/encyc09.phenicia_penicians.html?bcb=0 (6106 words)

	Mark 3:8 - Andrew Wommack Ministries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and [from] beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.
		3:8: The name "Sidon" means "a fishery." Sidon was on the seacoast of the Mediterranean about 22 miles north of Tyre and was the northernmost city of the Canaanites.
		Over the centuries, the city was ruled by the Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Alexander the Great, and, in the time of Jesus, the Romans.
	www.awmi.net /bible/mar_03_08 (537 words)

	The Story of the Greatest Nations and the World's Famous Events, Vol. 1 by Edward S. Ellis : Arthur's Classic Novels
		In this way the great god, Bel-Marduk, was held in captivity by the Elamites, a nation who lived in the mountains of Persia overlooking the Euphrates valley, and who often rushed suddenly down upon the lowlands in plundering raids.
		Among the ruins of the great royal enclosure in one of the Assyrian capitals there has been uncovered in one corner a little, poorly built, crumbling shanty of a palace, looking queer enough in the company of the majestic ruins around it.
		King Nebuchadnezzar had boasted to the prophet Daniel, "Is not this great Babylon, that I have built?" And straightway, that he might known how small he was, he was afflicted with the dread disease which doctors call lycanthropy, in which the victim thinks himself a beast.
	arthurwendover.com /arthurs/ellis-e/worldevent10.html (20506 words)

	Misrephoth-maim (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools
		It follows the mention of great Sidon, as though it was a place in the same region but farther from the point of departure.
		In Joshua 13:6, it is also mentioned in connection with the Sidonians, as though it was included in their territory, so it must have been in the coast district, or Phoenicia, which was in that period dominated by Sidon.
		They fled across the hill country which lies between the waters of Merom and the coast, but as Sidon is situated considerably to the North of Merom, some would seek the coast by a more southerly route, and we may look for Misrephoth-maim there.
	bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/6091 (426 words)

	bible.org: ISBE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The date of the founding of the city is unknown, but we find it mentioned in the Tell el-Amarna Letters in the 14th century BC, and in Gen 10:19 it is the chief city of the Canaanites, and Joshua (Josh 11:8) calls it Great Sidon.
		It likewise made one attempt to establish an inland colony at Laish or Dan, near the headwaters of the Jordan, but this ended in disaster (Jdg 18:7,27,28).
		The Book of Judges claims that Israel was oppressed by Sidon (10:12), but it is probable Sidon stands here for Phoenicia in general, as being the chief town.
	www.bible.org /isbe.asp?id=8149 (1214 words)

	bibleteacher.org: Heaven, by Dwight L. Moody (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		There is a great deal of truth in some of these old fables., Money, like time, ought not to be wasted, but I pity that man who has more of either than he knows how to use.
		There are a great many people who are wondering why they do not mount up on wings, as it were, and why they do not make some progress in the divine life; why they do not grow more in grace.
		Now, while we all want rest, I think a great many people make a mistake when they think the church is a place of rest; and when they unite with the church they have a false idea about their position in it.
	www.bibleteacher.org /heaven04.HTM (9123 words)

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