Quote Originally Posted by DaCrAzYmOfO
Pretty much seen through their continued defeats at the hands of the assyrians...persians....macedonians....later on romans.... >.>
They used to be pretty big and tough back in the day, tho'. Bronze Age until the Assyrians at least, and the Tyreans gave Alex a serious fight.

Just not big enough to survive the transition into true superpower era, as heralded by the Persians, as an independent polity in the Levant.