Tyre, 850–800 BCE
Autocracy · Monarchy · Middle East · Archaic World era
A Phoenician maritime city-state trading and colonizing across the Mediterranean, its kings balanced by wealthy merchant houses.
Tyre was a Phoenician maritime city-state whose kings shared power with wealthy merchant families and whose prosperity rested on Mediterranean trade in metals, dyes and manufactured goods. It planted colonies and trading posts from Cyprus to the western Mediterranean, including Carthage, extending a commercial network far beyond its small home territory. It paid tribute to Assyria when pressed while retaining internal autonomy.
Dominant patterns
- Regime Stabilization
- Democratization
Political-science factor profile
Each factor 0–100; higher = stronger authoritarian / crisis pole (except institutional stability, where higher = stronger institutions).
| Centralization of Power | 60 |
| Media Control | 58 |
| Repression | 42 |
| Nationalism | 52 |
| Militarization | 40 |
| Economic Stress | 30 |
| External Conflict | 55 |
| Cult of Personality | 60 |
| Elite Fragmentation | 40 |
| Institutions | 62 |
| Social Polarization | 42 |
| Corruption & Patrimonialism | 48 |
| Ideological Mobilization | 50 |
| External Sovereignty | 68 |
Economy & society
| GDP per capita | $900 (intl-$) |
| Population | 300k people |
| Share of world population | 0.3% |
| Territory | ~3000 km² |
| Capital population | ~30k |
Closest historical twins
The country-eras whose structural profile most resembles Tyre 850–800 BCE, by similarity score (0–100).
- Funan, 300–400 CE – similarity 85/100 · shared: Regime Stabilization, Democratization
- Carthage, 814–750 BCE – similarity 83/100 · shared: Regime Stabilization, Democratization
- Kingdom of Judah, 850–800 BCE – similarity 82/100 · shared: Regime Stabilization, Democratization
- Srivijaya, 650–750 CE – similarity 69/100 · shared: Regime Stabilization, Democratization
- Himyar, 320–380 CE – similarity 68/100 · shared: Regime Stabilization, Democratization
- France, 1226–1270 CE – similarity 65/100 · shared: Regime Stabilization, Democratization
- Florence, 1434–1494 CE – similarity 65/100 · shared: Democratization
- Qing Dynasty, 1662–1722 – similarity 64/100 · shared: Regime Stabilization
What followed
- A colonial and commercial network from Cyprus to Iberia.
- Repeated Assyrian and Babylonian sieges and tribute.