Libya

History of Libya

Brief history of Libya summarized We briefly enter the history of Libya, a country with a long tradition, passing through the Roman Empire, the country where Gaddafi was born. Ancient Libya At first Libya was inhabited by Berber tribes. After 1000 BC a Lebanese people called the Phoenicians settled in Tripolitania (western Libya). They founded Tripoli. Later the ancient Greeks settled in Cyrenaica (eastern Libya). Both areas of Libya later became part of the Roman Empire. A Roman emperor named Septimius Severus (193-211) was a native of the great city of Leptis Magna in Roman Libya. Unfortunately, Leptis Magna was…

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