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The 19th century BC was the century that lasted from 1900 BC to 1801 BC. Events Pyramid of Senusret II at El-Lahun. He was a Twelfth Dynasty Pharaoh. 1900 BC: Transition from Early Helladic III to Middle Helladic culture in Greece. c. 1900 BC: Minoan Old Palace (Protopalatial) period starts in Crete. c. 1900 BC: Fall of last Sumerian dynasty.
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The 19th century BC was the century that lasted from 1900 BC to 1801 BC. Events Pyramid of Senusret II at El-Lahun. He was a Twelfth Dynasty Pharaoh. Hittite empire in Hattusa, Anatolia. 1900 BC: Proto-Greek invasions of Greece. c. 1900 BC: Minoan Old Palace (Protopalatial) period starts in Crete.
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19th century. An 1835 illustration of power loom weaving, as part of the Industrial Revolution. The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval.
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The Phoenician name Ṣīdūn (𐤑𐤃𐤍, ṢDN) probably meant "fishery" or "fishing town". It is mentioned in Papyrus Anastasi I as Djedouna. It appears in Biblical Hebrew as Ṣīḏōn (Hebrew: צִידוֹן) and in Syriac as Ṣidon (ܨܝܕܘܢ). This was Hellenised as Sidṓn (Ancient Greek: Σιδών), which was Latinised as Sidon and entered English in this form. The name a...
In antiquity, Sidon held prominence as a significant Phoenician city. Nestled on a mainland promontory and boasting two harbors. Throughout ancient history, Sidon had many conquerors: Assyrians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Persians, Greeks, and finally Romans. Under Persian rule, it eclipsed Tyre to become the paramount city in Phoenicia. In the New Te...
This sectarian and demographic division rose to the surface during the Lebanese Civil War, when armed clashes erupted between Sunni Muslims and Christians. The clashes ended with the surrender of the Christian front, and Christians were forced to move to east Beirut. After the war ended in 1990, some Christians gradually returned to their hometowns...
According to a 2013 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report "data also point to an increase in urban poverty especially in Lebanon's largest cities suburbs such as Beirut, Tripoli and Saida, as illustrated by poverty-driven symptoms (child labour, over-crowding and deteriorated environment conditions)." In another UNDP report, the author...
The city of Sidon is administered by the Municipality of Sidon. The municipality is constituted of a council of 21 members including the City Mayor and his Deputy. It has administrative and financial independence but remains under the control and supervision of the central government, specifically the Ministry of Interior. The municipality's jurisd...
The overwhelming majority of Sidon's population belong to the Sunni sect of Islam, with a small number of Shiites and Christians. Sidon is the seat of the Greek Melkite Catholic Archbishop of Sidon and Deir el Qamar, and has housed a significant Catholic population throughout its history. Sidon also hosts the seat of the Shiite Ayatollah of South L...
Sidon Sea Castle, a fortress built by the Crusadersin the early 13th century. It is located near the Port of Sidon.Khan al-Franj ("Caravanserai of the French"), a complex built in the 16th century, though erroneously credited to Emir Fakhreddinein the 17th century. It gained its name for accommodating French me...Debbane Palace, a historical residence built in 1721, an example of Arab-Ottoman architecture. It is currently in the process of being transformed into the History Museum of Sidon. This villa was e...Sidon is home to numerous educational facilities ranging from public elementary schools to private universities. According to a 2006 study, the city is home to 29 schools that serve a total of 18,731 students: 37% are in public schools, 63% are in private schools. Sidon also contains 10 universities, 5 of which are private universities.
The following archaeological sites in the area indicate settlements from the earliest prehistorical times. Sidon I is an archaeological site located to the east of the city, south of the road to Jezzine. An assemblage of flint tools was found by P. E. Gigues suggested to date between 3800 and 3200 BC. The collection included narrow axes or chisels ...
Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
The Hebrew Bible describes Sidon (צִידוֹן) in several passages: 1. It received its name from the "first-born" of Canaan, the grandson of Noah (Genesis 10:15, 19). 2. The Tribe of Zebulun has a frontier on Sidon (Genesis 49:13) 3. It was the first home of the Phoenicians on the coast of Canaan, and from its extensive commercial relations became a "great" city (Joshua 11:8, 19:28). 4. It was the mother city of Tyre. It lay within the lot of the tribe of Asher, but was never subdued (Judges 1:3...
New Testament
1. Jesus visited the region or "coasts" (King James Version) of Tyre and Sidon (Matthew 15:21; Mark 7:24) and from this region many came forth to hear him preaching (Mark 3:8; Luke 6:17), leading to the stark contrast in Matthew 11:21–23 to Korazin and Bethsaida. See the exorcism of the Syrophoenician woman's daughter, which takes place on the coast, in the region of Sidon and Tyre. Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the region of...
Mesolithic people occupied Britain by around 9,000 BC, and it has been occupied ever since. By 8000 BC temperatures were higher than today, and birch woodlands spread rapidly, but there was a cold spell around 6,200 BC which lasted about 150 years. The British Isles were linked to continental Europe by a territory named Doggerland.
19th century BC. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Millennium: 2nd millennium BC. Centuries: 20th century BC - 19th century BC - 18th century BC. Decades: 1890s BC 1880s 1870s 1860s 1850s 1840s 1830s 1820s 1810s 1800s BC. English: The 19th century BC started the first day of 1900 BC and ended the last day of 1801 BC.
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