'Tyre', 1890. Tyre in the Lebanon is an ancient Phoenician city on the Mediterrannean sea. In 395 Tyre became part of the Byzantine Empire until 638, when it was occupied by Arabs. In the Revolt of Tyre (996-998), the city rose up against Fatimid rule. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]