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| - Amira Levana Hadara (335 BC - Present) began her reign as the Governor of Phoenicia during her early childhood by right of royal birth following the death of her parents. Under the close supervision of Antigonus (an officer of Alexander the Great), Amira became the youngest political figure-head that Phoenicia (and quite possibly the world) had ever seen. As the sole heir of Zabaii Selim Hadara, the King of Phoenicia, Amira was educated by the finest historians, mathematician, scientists and priests that her father could muster. Zabaii always stressed the importance of an education, and reminded Amira that educated women were highly rare throughout the world. She saw her education as a treasure, and took it very seriously. She continues to feed her unquenchable thurst for knowledge even to this day. When the Macedonian Empire shattered after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, the world was thrown into chaos. Amira, whom the people already loved and adored, was declared Queen of Phoenicia. Peace prevailed for eight years before war visited the borders of the Phoenician Queendom once more, this time in the form of the mighty Antigonid Empire. In 315 BC, the city of Tyre fell under seige by Antigonid forces led by Antigonus, and his son Demetrius. In an effort to maintain the political independence of Phoenicia, Amira vowed that she would support the Antigonid Empire in exchange for Phoenicia's independence. She swore fidelity to Antigonus in 314 BC, effectively ending the Seige of Tyre, and making Phoenicia an independent province of the Antigonid Empire.
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