In which modern country are the ports of Sidon and Tyer?
Sidon "Tsīdōn") in several passages: Sidon is twinned with: Adel Osseiran played a significant role at various points in the history of modern Lebanon, such as the struggle for independence (1943), the mini-civil war of 1958, and the Lausanne Conference for Peace(1984) Sidon Sidon, known locally as Sayda (), is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate of Lebanon, on the Mediterranean coast, about north of Tyre and south of the capital, Beirut. In the Book of Genesis, Sidon was the first-born son of Canaan, who was a son of Ham, thereby making Sidon a great
Sidon name appears in Classical Arabic as "Saydoon" () and in Modern Arabic as "Ṣaydā" (). As a Roman colony, it was notionally refounded and given the formal name "" to honor its imperial sponsor. Sidon has been inhabited since very early in prehistory. The archaeological site of Sidon II shows a lithic assemblage dating to the Acheulean, whilst finds at Sidon III include a Heavy Neolithic assemblage suggested to date just prior to the invention of pottery. It was one of the most important Phoenician cities, and it may have been the oldest. From there and other ports a great