Sidon

Japanese: シドン（英語表記）Sidon

An ancient Phoenician city-state on the Mediterranean coast in southwestern Lebanon. Its current name is Saida. It flourished in the 14th to 13th centuries BC and held leadership among the Phoenician cities. It was later occupied by the Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Empires and became a battlefield during the Crusades. It was destroyed by Islamic forces and the Mongols in the 13th century, and was a commercial center of Türkiye in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Source: Obunsha World History Dictionary, Third Edition About Obunsha World History Dictionary, Third Edition

Japanese:

レバノン南西部，地中海沿岸にあった古代フェニキアの都市国家。現在の名称はサイダ
前14〜前13世紀に栄え，フェニキア諸市の指導権を握った。のちアッシリア・新バビロニア王国に占領され，十字軍時代には戦場となった。13世紀にはイスラーム勢力・モンゴル民族に破壊され，17〜18世紀にはトルコの商業中心地であった。

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