Sidon's real golden age seems to have started in the 6th century BCE. Around this time, Sidon began providing Persia with both ships and sailors to help the fight Egypt and Greece. Sidon's most important product was domestic glass - so much so, in fact, that some believed glass to have been invented in Sidon. Purple dye came as a close second for exports - this same purple dye was the biggest export of Phoenician traders generally, though it was most closely associated with the city of Tyre.
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