Question: founded by the phoenicians around 800 b.c the city of
Answer: 1000 BC Ahiram 969 -- 936 BC Hiram I 820 -- 774 BC Pygmalion of Tyre Historical era Classical antiquity Established 2500 BC Tyre in South Lebanon , under the reign of Hiram I , becomes the dominant city - state 969 BC Dido founds Carthage ( legendary ) 814 BC Cyrus the Great conquers Phoenicia 539 BC Area 1000 BC 20,000 km ( 7,700 sq mi ) Preceded by Succeeded by Canaanites Hittite Empire Egyptian Empire Achaemenid Phoenicia Ancient Carthage