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B .C. 

 256. The governor, Antiochus Theus, threw off the yoke of 

 Alexander's successors, and proclaimed himself indepen- 

 dent king of Bactria. 

 100. The overthrow of the Bactrian kingdom by the Scythians. 



7. Phoenicia. 



1255. About this period Tyre founded. Josh, xix, 29. The date of 



Sidon is lost in antiquity. 

 1100-800. Colonies from Tyre founded Gades (Cadiz), Corcyra, 



Carthage, and Utica, traded with Cassiterides (Scilly 



Islands) ; and Cornwall. 

 870-727. Tribute paid by Phoenicia to Assyria. 

 730-725. Shalamaneser IV, king of Assyria, invaded Phcenicia, 



but failed to subdue it. 

 720. Sennacherib captured various cities; he appointed Assyrian 



governors over Ph(jenicia, but did not annex it. 

 681. Phoenicia rebelled ; the rebellion suppressed by Esarhaddon, 



king of Assyria. 

 672-668. The tributary king Baal rebelled against Esarhaddon, 



and became feudatory of Egypt under Tirhakah. In the 



latter year, together with twenty-one other kings, he sub- 

 mitted to Esarhaddon. 

 %QAi. Another expedition sent by Assurbanipal against Tyre and 



other Phoanician cities, in which rebellions had arisen 



against Assyrian tyranny. 

 640-630. Phoenicia took decisive steps to cast off the Assyrian 



yoke_ the latter power being moribund. Ezek. xxxviii, 



2-7. In the latter year Phcsnician independence was 



declared. 

 630-585. Its independence continued, and great prosperity 



attained. Ezek. xxvii. Meanwhile, for a short time it 



was tributary to Egypt. 

 605-595. Tyre besieged by Nebuchadnezzar ; Phoenicia accepted 



suzerainty of Babylon. 

 585. Tyre surrendered upon terms. Line of Phoenician kings 



ended. 

 540. Phoenicia submits to Persia. 

 532. Western Asia, including Phoenicia, passed from Assyria to 



Persia. 

 332. Tyre taken and destroyed by Alexander. From that time 



the importance of Phoenicia decayed.* 



* Story of the Nations. Phoenicia. 



