Tripolis (region of Phoenicia)
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Tripolis was a maritime district in ancient Phoenicia
. The center of the confederation of the three Phoenician cities of Tyre, Sidon
, and Aradus
. Through the ages, it evolved to become the present Lebanese city of Tripoli.
Phoenicia
Phoenicia , was an ancient civilization in Canaan which covered most of the western, coastal part of the Fertile Crescent. Several major Phoenician cities were built on the coastline of the Mediterranean. It was an enterprising maritime trading culture that spread across the Mediterranean from 1550...
. The center of the confederation of the three Phoenician cities of Tyre, Sidon
Sidon
Sidon or Saïda is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate of Lebanon, on the Mediterranean coast, about 40 km north of Tyre and 40 km south of the capital Beirut. In Genesis, Sidon is the son of Canaan the grandson of Noah...
, and Aradus
Arwad
Arwad – formerly known as Arado , Arados , Arvad, Arpad, Arphad, and Antiochia in Pieria , also called Ruad Island – located in the Mediterranean Sea, is the only inhabited island in Syria. The town of Arwad takes up the entire island...
. Through the ages, it evolved to become the present Lebanese city of Tripoli.