Kingdom of Sidon

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Phoenician polity ancient city-state historical kingdom

The Kingdom of Sidon was an ancient Phoenician city-state centered on the coastal city of Sidon in present-day Lebanon, renowned for its maritime trade, craftsmanship, and influential role in the Eastern Mediterranean.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kingdom of Sidon canonical 1
Kingdom of Sidon (historical association) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Phoenician polity ⓘ
ancient city-state ⓘ
historical kingdom ⓘ
centeredOn Sidon NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributedTo spread of Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
cultureType Semitic ⓘ
economyBasedOn craft industries ⓘ
maritime commerce ⓘ
flourishedIn 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Sidon archaeological area NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCapital Sidon NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Phoenicians NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguage Phoenician language NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorDeity Astarte NERFINISHED ⓘ
Baal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eshmun NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPort Sidon NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReligion Canaanite religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole key node in Eastern Mediterranean trade ⓘ
major Phoenician maritime power ⓘ
influenced Mediterranean trade networks ⓘ
knownFor craftsmanship ⓘ
glass production ⓘ
ivory carving ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
metalworking ⓘ
purple dye production ⓘ
seafaring ⓘ
shipbuilding ⓘ
laterControlledBy Hellenistic kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ
Macedonian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ
Phoenicia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
Phoenician city-states NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Canaan NERFINISHED ⓘ
ruledBy Phoenician kings ⓘ
subjugatedBy Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
tradedWith Aegean civilizations ⓘ
Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ancient Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ancient Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedScript Phoenician alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Temple of Eshmun → builtFor → Kingdom of Sidon ⓘ
Zarephath (biblical town) → governedBy → Kingdom of Sidon ⓘ
subject surface form: Zarephath
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Sidon (historical association)