Alexandria besieged the city of Tyre
The city of Tyre is located on a small island 3 to 4 miles deep, on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the largest commercial city in the world, and it exercises great maritime power through its fleet and ships, crossing every region of the Mediterranean.
Tyre was originally built on the mainland, but in some of its wars with the kings of eastern Babylon, the ancient city was abandoned by the inhabitants, establishing a new city on an island not far from the coast that could more easily defend itself against enemies.
The ancient city has been destroyed, it is occupied by ancient walls, collapsed tall buildings, stones, pillars, arches and other magnificent structures of antiquity.
Alexander's tires were built on the island about half a mile from the coast. The water in the middle was about eighteen feet deep and formed the harbor for the ships. Terry's great business is business.
They bought and sold goods in all the ports of the Mediterranean and were transported back and forth by their merchant ships. They also had fleets to protect their interests on the high seas, as well as the various ports to which their merchant ships visited. They were rich and powerful because of this, yet they lived on their small islands, almost completely independent of the mainland.
Although the city itself has been reduced in size by the small size of the island, its architecture is compact and solid, with a large number of stately and grand buildings, filled with wealth accumulated by commercial enterprises and thrift over many generations. Historians and geographers of those ages tell stories of extravagance about the scale of the buildings of Tyre.
The wall is one hundred and fifty feet high. Roses grow directly from the surface of the water, of course, a large part of their height is used to lift the ground, they must also be lifted to the normal height of a city wall in order to provide the usual protection for buildings and dwellings.
Perhaps there are places where the walls themselves, or the buildings connected to them, were lifted there, although it is difficult to imagine that this may have been their ordinary size.
In any case, Tyre was a very rich, grand and powerful city, bent on commerce and had good means of protecting them at sea, but had little interest and interest in the constant controversy between competitors who owned the land.
Their policy is to maintain their independence, but maintain good relations with all other powers, so their commercial dealings with ports in all countries will be undisturbed.
This is a very serious question for Alexander, because his current route is through Ferroniquea, near Tyre, what should he do with such a port.
He had his reluctance to leave behind him and go east, because in the event of any reversal on him, the Telians were likely to act decisively against him, and their forces in the Mediterranean would also act very effectively against him on all the coasts of Greece and Asia Minor.
On the other hand, attacking the city seemed like a desperate move. He had no army other than the army, and the island was only half a mile off the coast. In addition to huge walls that rise vertically from the water, it has well-equipped and densely populated ships.
It could not have surrounded the city and brought it to its knees, since the inhabitants had wealth to buy, and ships could import any amount of grain and reserves from the sea. But Alexander decided not to follow Darius eastward, leaving such a stronghold behind him.
If possible, the Terry want to avoid quarrels. They sent a message of praise to Alexander, congratulating him on his conquest and denying all hostility towards him.
Like many other countries in Asia, they put gold crowns on him as a sign of general obedience to his authority. Alexander returned with a kind Ashi saying that he planned to come to Tyre and offer sacrifices to Hercules, the god worshiped by the Tirias.
The Tirias knew that wherever Alexander went, he was at the head of his army, and his arrival meant that it must be hidden militarily. They wondered what difficulties it was for such a tourist to be driven out after he had been placed in their castles and palaces.
So they sent people to tell him that they were not capable of receiving him in the city, but that he could offer the sacrifice he had intended on the continent, for among the ruins there was a temple of Hecles.
Alexander convened a committee of officers to present his point of view to them. He said that after sufficient consideration of the question, he came to the conclusion that it was better to postpone his expedition to the heart of Persia until he had completely conquered Tyre and made himself the master of the Mediterranean.
Before Darius again attacked them with an army gathered in the east, he wanted to take Egypt for himself. This view of the generals was shared by the military, and Alexander marched towards Tyre. The Terry are ready for their defense.
Having carefully studied all the circumstances of the case, Alexander came up with a very bold plan to build a wide causeway from their land, from their land to the island where the city was located, from the Hilluin of Old Tyre, and then march his army to the walls of the city, where he could install his engines, and make a breakthrough.
This seems like a very desperate task. It is true that the remaining stones on the ruins of the old city provided enough material for the construction of the pier, but the next work had to be fought against the huge opposites from the walls of the city itself and the Tyrian ships of the port.
It seems impossible to protect these people from these attacks so that they can continue to move, and the difficulties and dangers bring the work close to the wall very quickly. However, despite these objections, Alexander decided to move on. The tire had to be removed, which was obviously the only possibility of taking it.
