Sidon's Shipyards and Port Activity (c. 10th–4th centuries BCE)

1. Natural anchorages shape Sidon’s early port

   Jan 1, 1000 BCELabels: Pocket beaches, Sidon

   • JAS 2006
   • WHE Sidon

2. Zire island used as outer harbour

   Jan 1, 900 BCELabels: Zire Island, Outer harbour

   • JAS 2006

3. Assyrian pressure disrupts Phoenician coastal politics

   Jan 1, 701 BCELabels: Neo-Assyria, Phoenicia

   • Britannica Luli
   • COJS Annals

4. Royal building and water management at Eshmun sanctuary

   Jan 1, 700 BCELabels: Eshmun sanctuary, Water management

   • Eshmun Temple

5. Esarhaddon captures and rebuilds Sidon

   Jan 1, 677 BCELabels: Esarhaddon, Sidon

   • Abdi Milkutti

6. Harbour engineering expands the port system at Zire

   Jan 1, 600 BCELabels: Zire harbourworks, Quay

   • Knapp Demesticha
   • JAS 2006

7. Sidon becomes a key Persian naval base

   Jan 1, 525 BCELabels: Achaemenid Persia, Sidon

   • Livius Sidon

8. Egyptian stone sarcophagi reach Sidon after 525 BCE

   Jan 1, 525 BCELabels: Egyptian sarcophagi, Sidon

   • Achaemenid Egypt
   • Tabnit Sarcophagus

9. Sidon’s coinage highlights ships and fortified waterfront

   Jan 1, 400 BCELabels: Sidon coinage, War galley

   • ANS Coin
   • WildWinds Sidon

10. After 351 BCE, Sidon’s port role continues under new powers

    Jan 1, 400 BCELabels: Post-Achaemenid Sidon, Harbour continuity

    • WHE Sidon
    • Livius Sidon

11. Economic strain and currency changes under Straton I

    Jan 1, 365 BCELabels: Straton I, Coin reform

    • Abdashtart I

12. Phoenician revolt ends with burning of Sidon

    Jan 1, 351 BCELabels: Phoenician Revolt, Burning of

    • WHE Sidon
    • Oxford Academic