Tyre was the largest mercantile city of the Phoenicians, now mostly noted for the archeological remains of its Roman city and medieval constructions of the Crusaders. In its commercial heyday the people of Tyre founded colonies from Greece to Carthage and Cadiz. It is the legendary birthplace of Europa and Elissa (Dido).Tyre was founded around 2750 BC according to Herodotus. It reached its zenith from 1000 BC, as the commerce of the ancient world is said to have been gathered into the warehous