Alexander the Great and the Siege of Tyre
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- The 332 BC siege of the Phoenician City-State of Tyre challenged Alexander the Great in ways that none of his other battles did. It is history that deserves to be remembered.
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My wife’s from Saida, Lebanon. We visited Tyre and were amazed how the ruins are still visible in the shallow waters of the modern day city.
It’s gorgeous there, the water was magical clear and the people were so kind. I can’t wait to go back now that I’ve learned some of the history!
where are you from Mike ?
When my dad was alive years ago, I gave him a Father's Day card. On the front it said "As Someone Once Said to Alexander".. on the inside it read, "I Think You're Great!".
This is why I don't watch the so called History Channel any more. Thanx for real history again!
The History Channel turned into The Rewrite of History Channel
Bigfoot built the pyramids...
aliens are sucking blood from goats in South America...
chupacobra is stomping around the North Woods....
@@danconrad920 And they all go to the pawn shop.... 😉
Great story thank you but what was the point of all this despotic murdering and killing .
Ron they still call it the history channel??
As an engineer, this does my geek-heart good! Hadn't known the value of the causeway nor the use of Alexander's siege machines used on the ships! Once again, well done!
See, war isn't so bad! It stimulates innovation due to the importance of engineers & engineering to militaries throughout history!
...As an engineer, I have to admit, that a sense of pride came over me, everytime The History Guy mentioned "engineers" in the video!
Without war I would imagine we would be still back in the bronze age. Nothing motivates people more then other people trying to kill them.
a LOT of what generals did then and even now is based in engineering. Youre an INVENTOR. Dont forget that and just.. be another guy who makes the simples solution to a simple meaningless problem that any 12yo could do
So you are an Engineer. wow. and you are marveled by the armys' war machines. wow. In essence - A L L the wars and conquest was done by Engineers designing war machines and weapons (if it makes you feel any more proud). Anything related to weapons, metallurgy, destruction machines, siege machines and all. And if you want to view the ultimate Engineering marvel, look at the siege of Masada; where the Romans converted the entire mountain for their conquest.
Can you believe they were able to do all of this way back when?! They must have had an army of expert carpenters to build towers so tall. Never underestimate the power of determined people.
I have studied this battle extensively but totally enjoy your retelling of this battle.
I have always enjoyed history and see myself as having better than average grasp of this subject. You have reinvigorate my lust of history. Thank you.
Would you say The History Guy OR History Channel are more accurate & transparent about the facts of this event.
I hope History Guy, you realize the impact you make on not just adult but on children! My grandkids absolutely LOVE your programs. They struggle to see who can get closet to the television screen and before I start the program lol! They really do love the channel!! Thanks!!!!
That's awesome. I wish I could get my kids to watch some of these. Which videos did you start with to rope them in?
@@Mikefantasia22 We read to them when they were little and history became a love of all three of them. We were lucky I guess lol!
@@prof2yousmithe444 Thats wonderful. Many people don't realize that seeing children with a thirst to learn also brings immense joy to parents and teachers. It why some chooses to be teachers.
Learning is enough to get kids excited if you have the right teacher
Great stuff! The siege of Tyre was one of my favorite stories from antiquity. I'd love to see an episode on Alexander and the Gordian Knot!
Spoiler alert! He cut it. The End 🤷🏼♂️🤓😎✌🏻
Glad you're still doing these in addition to your short videos, History Guy!
Seconded. I enjoy your videos.
Sidon turned against Tyre and joined Alexander? Interesting. I didn't know that, and it's very significant: Sidon had consistently been Tyre's ally for well more than half a millennium at this point (at least since the time of Hiram, maybe longer). Having the Sidonians turn on them would've been a serious blow to morale in Tyre.
Sidon had been captured by Alexander, so it was more of a military occupation, although Sidon largely prospered in the Hellenistic period.
It's not much of a surprise that nearby places turn against each other specially considering that TYRE (Phoenician ṣūr, "rock"; Heb. צוֹר, Greek Τύρος, Latin Tyrus) was an ancient competitor of Sidon and often rivaled on the foundation of colonies. Utica did the same with Carthage by siding with the Romans.
I am actually more surprised by the behavior of Pumiathon King of Kition and his neutral positiong towards the siege of Tyre.
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You’re not an original man that’s for sure.
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misstrKevin and before you decide to grace the world with your unwanted opinions, my original comment is the TH-cam equivalent of liking Christmas lights and scented candles, they are completely basic but someone manage to help certain people feel good.
The battle for Tyre has fascinated me for a few years now, and it certainly shows the tenacity of both Alexander the Great, and the Tyrians.
Excellent. No need to limit to only 15 minutes. Please feel free to elaborate as long as necessary to educate us all. Thank you again
One of your best so far.. Thanks!
It may even be.......the best.
Really great balance between specific details and the broader context. And I really appreciate that last bit. A lot of lesser tellers of history would just say "Golly this Alexander guy was ambitious" and leave it at that. Talking about how we wanted to lock the Persian fleet out of Mediterranean really paints a much deeper picture and comes into play later in the story. Great channel, great video.
It is always fascinating to me, that humans can always manage to create useful, fantastic inventions for war. Necessity is the mother of invention.
You bring a lot of life to these bits of history and it's really neat
You remind me of my 6th-Grade History Teacher; Roy Keading. His stories of historical events enthralled me, until a Boeing B-17 flew past my school one day... But, that's another story :)
I hope for academia´s sake that you´re a history professor because you really bring history to life. Great video.
Nope. I taught at a university for almost a decade, but my field was speech communication.
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The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered in the earlier introductions when you say "I have a degree in History" I kept waiting for you to say "... and I'm not afraid to use it."
@@dougearnest7590Now that would be awesome.
This was the best telling of the Siege of Tyre I've found. You explain their weaponry and engineering in better detail than I'd perviously heard.
Superb as always. Have you considered doing a video on the Great Siege of Malta in 1565? Or possibly a video on the WWII siege of Malta from 1940 to 1943?
Dean Stuart Malta is beautiful. Have you been?
Walls, hmmm.... Thank you for your videos!
Just stop now.........................
@@aliceshaw8265 Completely agree. The OP tried to make a veiled political point and I admonished the person. Thanks for your comment.
@@aliceshaw8265 walls have always failed it was the guards in the minefield on the wall in Berlin that made it work dumbass
Thank you for this installment of The History Guy. Alexander The Great is truly one of the greatest, military men in world history and he certainly deserves to be remembered.
Do you do all your own research or do you have a team to do it? The quality of your videos is amazing.
I visited many countries and Lebanon is of the 3 top beautiful countries that I ever visited. The food, the nightlife and the beauty in nature are amazing.
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Fascination story. And thanks for using B.C. and A.D.
The Siege of Tyre lasted 7 months. Lucius Flavius Silva, the legate of Legion X Fretensis, besieged Masada for 3 years. That is a marvel of persistence and vision.
Near to the east
In a part of ancient Greece
In an ancient land called Macedonia
Was born a son
To Philip of Macedon
The legend, his name was Alexander
At the age of 19
He became the Macedon King
And he swore to free all of Asia Minor
By the Aegean Sea
In 334 BC
He utterly beat the armies of Persia
Alexander the Great
His name struck fear into hearts of men
Alexander the Great
Became a legend 'mongst mortal men
King Darius III,
Defeated, fled Persia
The Scythians fell by the river Jaxartes
Then Egypt fell to the Macedon King, as well
And he founded the city called Alexandria
By the Tigris river,
He met King Darius again
And crushed him again in the battle of Arbela
Entering Babylon
And Susa, treasures he found
Took Persepolis-the capital of Persia
Alexander the Great
His name struck fear into hearts of men
Alexander the Great
Became a god amongst mortal men
A Phrygian King had bound a chariot yoke
And Alexander cut the Gordian knot
And legend said that who untied the knot
He would become the master of Asia
Hellenism, he spread far and wide
The Macedonian learned mind
Their culture was a Western way of life
He paved the way for Christianity
Marching on, marching on
The battle-weary, marching side by side
Alexander's army line by line
They wouldn't follow him to India
Tired of the combat, pain, and the glory
Alexander the Great
His name struck fear into hearts of men
Alexander the Great
He died of fever in Babylon.
-Steve Harris.
Great track, IMO one of their best.
Up the Irons!
They did follow him to India
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Alexander the Great
How did he pave the way for christianity?
I have these same kinds of fights with my neighbors.
LOL. Hopefully no public Crucifixions involved...
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel Time will tell 😉
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@I Em Hoo I Iz I think you should demolish his house by catapulting dog poo.
Speaking as a combat veteran, let me say that mortars are far less expensive to operate, easier to target, and far more rapid fire. Plus they can be operated with compressed air rather than explosives or springs. Also suggest that you not destroy his house but force his surrender, take the house for the spoils of your battle and sell him and his family into slavery.
But that may just show my prejudices...I am likely descended from Aztecs, (on my mother's side) and a lot of our family gatherings have followed the surrender/spoils/slavery model, so it's what I was raised with.
Most of this started from my Aunt Winged Serpent's jello salads.
Of course one of th greatest sieges in history deserves to be remembered!
Another wonderful insight inot history. Thank you.
At my age (I grew up with Alexander's grandfather) I like history better than the future. And the History Guy fills my need to keep on learning no matter how old I get!
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You have a great voice for narration and your videos are always interesting and thought provoking. Thanks history guy
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I KNEW ABOUT THIS BATTLE, BUT NEVER HAD ANY DETAILS ON IT. THANKS HISTORY GUY, AGAIN YOU HAVE ADDED TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
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The History Guy delivers again! Great video!
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Short and sweet as always, love this one!
Love every post. Thank you!
Great story! Thanks for sharing this.
Thank you History Guy. This is the best video so far. I have always been a fan of Alexander.
Another wonderful view into history. 👍
Never heard of this siege previously, very interesting! Many thanks for sharing!
I've recently started watching this channel and by far the best stuff on youtube. Thank you for your time devoted to history
A fun read on the topic is "Alexander" by Theodore Dodge.
Dodge served in the Union Army and fought at Gettysburg.
It may not be the most complete or accurate history, but it is fun.
Dodge also has a book on Hannibal and Casear. All 3 books great reads.
I really love your channel. The stories give me a break from my everyday grind. Thank you once again for great for it and the work you do.
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Once again, excellent video.
Just amazing, thank you!!
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That siege could have gone on for much longer, but l guess they got Tyred.
Ophelia Bawles Good one !! I guess a babies born there would called new Tyres and retirees would be old Tyres, guys with no hair "bald Tyres".
I get it 😅🤣. Regards Bruce McKay 🇦🇺🙃🏄♂️.
Yessssss
More comments like this will cause pundemonium.
Ophelia Bawles -- Ironically, when they fixed all the damage from the seige they re-Tyred the city. (Okay, not as good as the others, but being witty can be Tyreing at times.)
Very well done video. Thanks.
I love history! I can't wait for the next video. Thanks for everything you do.
Thanks for the fascinating show.
Great Video, I really enjoyed it and your style of relaying the information.
Thank-you for bringing that significant event to life for us.
Brilliant episode!
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Just wanted to say thanks.
How do you say "I'm just the messenger" in Phoenician?
Something like "AAAAAGGHHH!"
Rather gives new meaning to "return to sender" eh?
That's funny right there.
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Tremendous Episode
Really enjoy your knowledgeable about these topics. Best 15-20 minute educational programs that are truly enjoyable.
One of your most interesting videos!
Fascinating thank you very much very fascinating
Awesome HG! Never even heard of this part of history
Thank you, this was excellent. I had just come to this siege in Arrian's Anabasis. You added greatly to the text with your analysis and illustrations.
Great reporting. Good explanation 😀
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I always loved that story. Thanx
As always very interesting and well explained.
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Stunning brutality toward civilians... sending messages to potential adversaries
Very good there is so much to history that you don’t learn in school or get from routine news sources
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Absolutely fascinating history!
Great video
Was very informative thank you for taking the time to do it
Interesting history, thank you.
And the walls come tumbling down...
Amazing upload like always! Please cover the battle of Alquacer elkabir or also called the battle of 3 kings!
History is boring! Right. Thank you History Guy for making history exciting, as it actually is. And hopefully we can learn from history and not repeat its mistakes.
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EXCELLENT video!
If Alexander had been British his name would have been Alexander the Rather Good Actually!
Ahem,..Great Britain...Not Britain old chap.
@@24327355 England is where Great Britain used to be. Not much great about jailing people for making stupid jokes...or using certain words.
Wait you're telling me he wasn't an English man ?
knight Owl Sir Lord Alexander the Rather Good.
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Good story telling.
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Interesting, H.G.! Thanks much
Im new to the channel, and a new subscriber. Im so glad I stumbled upon your videos. I absolutely love history, Tyre is in my opinion, Alexanders greatest victory. Keep up the great content! Im definitely looking forward to going through your many other videos!!
Excellent treatment.👍
That was very interesting! I definitely enjoyed it!