587 Nebuchadrezzar besieges Tyre, of which Ithobaal II is king.
574 Fall of Tyre. Ithobaal removed to Babylon and Baal II put in his place.
564 Death of Baal II. The government of Tyre is reorganised, and a suffet is placed over the city.
563 A three months’ interregnum in which the high priest Abba is at the head of affairs, then a rule of two suffets—one for the island and one for Palætyrus. A state of anarchy arises.
557 Balatorus, an elected king, rules for one year.
556 Maharbaal (or Merbaal), a member of the exiled royal family is sent from Babylon to be king.
552 Hiram III succeeds his brother Maharbaal.
538 Capture of Babylon by Cyrus of Persia. Phœnicia becomes a Persian province. Tyre sinks into insignificance and Sidon becomes the leading city. Aahmes II of Egypt occupies Cyprus.
THIRD PERIOD (538-332 B.C.)
532 Death of Hiram III. Phœnicia, Palestine, and Syria become the fifth Persian satrapy.