Although Tyre and Sidon would take prominence in the future, Byblos was the most significant port on the Eastern Mediterranean coast at this time. Byblos became a more important trading partner and a hub for Egyptian trade with Mesopotamia and Anatolia. There were natural preconditions, including the winds and currents, that allowed relatively easy maritime travel around the Eastern Mediterranean to Palestine and the Syrian coast. At the same time, the amount of contact with nearby lands was increasing. By the time of the Old Kingdom there was a stronger centralised government and Egypt was powerful and rich enough to build massive monuments, such as the pyramids. The Old Kingdom was made up of the Third to the Sixth Dynasties. During the late third and second millenniums BCE Byblos was an important part of Egyptian trade networks and power relations in the Levant.Įgypt had been united into a single kingdom in either c. Byblos started out as a Neolithic fishing settlement and grew to become a prominent Bronze Age city during the fourth millennium BCE. Whilst relations between Egypt and Byblos continued, its influence declined during the New Kingdom (c.

It was at its most important and influential during the Egyptian Old Kingdom (c. It is on the coast of modern-day Lebanon and has an incredible history from its origin, around 6,000 BCE. Byblos, now called Jubayl, is a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the oldest cities in the world.

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