the god melqart ordered the islanders to find the place of his birth. do nothing. i had to search. after long trials, the homeland of god was discovered near the mainland, reaching the land. the island was laid up for a joke, they built a city on it, it turned out so strong that they called it a shooting range, what does it mean that the rock went to the lebanese shooting gallery our correspondent dmitry vozdvizhensky. tire has always been considered an impregnable city. think for yourself how the enemy troops can get inside if the city is surrounded by powerful walls, and around is not just a ditch, but the whole sea , this issue was decided by alexander the great, he ordered to build a dam and the island stopped be islands. throwing machines , made a hole in the wall in the foam rubber, alexander's wars poured in, the proud phoenicians were exterminated or sold into slavery on that, the island history of the shooting range ended and the history of the mainland began. the great alexander the great opened a new page in the endless history of the eternal city of tyre. in this place,