Tyre
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Tyre may refer to:
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[edit] Wheel fittings
- Tyre, the British spelling of tire, the outer part of a wheel
[edit] Locations
- Tyre, Lebanon, the Lebanese city
- Tyre District, in the South Governorate of Lebanon
- Tyre, New York, a town in the United States
- Tyre, Michigan, a hamlet in the United States
[edit] Historical events
- Siege of Tyre, battle in 332 BC
- Synod of Tyre, various meetings of churchmen, between the 4th and 6th centuries
[edit] Fiction
- Apollonius of Tyre, medieval novella
- Pericles, Prince of Tyre, a play by William Shakespeare
[edit] Archbishops of Tyre
- Archbishop of Tyre, an influential post held throughout the Middle Ages. Particularly notable occupants included:
- Frederick, Archbishop of Tyre (d. 1174)
- William of Tyre (1130–1185), Archbishop and historian
- Joscius, Archbishop of Tyre (d. 1202)
[edit] Nobles
- List of kings of Tyre
- Pygmalion of Tyre, King of Tyre from 820 to 744 BC
- Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre (d. 1270)
- Amalric, Prince of Tyre (1272–1310), the Crusader nobleman
[edit] Other
- Marinos of Tyre, 1st–2nd century Greek geographer who may have originated the idea of the meridian
- Maximus of Tyre, Greek philosopher, 2nd century AD
- Dorotheus of Tyre, 3rd century saint
- Templar of Tyre, the Cyprus-based historian from the late 13th and early 14th century
[edit] See also
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