Aradus, Sidon & Tyre were 3 principal cities of this ancient civilization
The island city of Tyre and the city of Sidon were the most powerful states in 
Phoenicia with ... 1500-322 BCE when the major cities were conquered by 
Alexander the Great and, after his death, .... rule, thus ending the Phoenician 
Civilization and ushering in the Hellenistic Age.