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The region of Tripoli or Tripolitania derives from the Greek name Τρίπολις "three cities", referring to Oea, Sabratha and Leptis Magna. Oea was the only one of the three cities to survive antiquity, and became known as Tripoli. Today Tripoli is the capital city of Libya and the northwestern portion of the country.
1149 - Tripoli pillaged by the Normans of Sicily. [4] 1401 - Tripoli was reconquered by the Tunisians. [4] 1510 - 25 July: Spanish forces captured the city; [4] it remained under Spanish rule for the next two decades. [5] 1530 - Tripoli granted to the Knights Hospitaller; it remained under their rule for the next two decades. [2] [4]
Tripoli, [a] historically known as Tripoli-of-the-West, [b] is the capital and largest city of Libya, with a population of about 1.317 million people in 2021. [4] It is located in the northwest of Libya on the edge of the desert, on a point of rocky land projecting into the Mediterranean Sea and forming a bay.
The city of Tripoli was one of the last Byzantine outposts on the Syrian coast of the Mediterranean Sea during the early Muslim conquests; it surrendered in 645. [1] [2] Syria was a central province of the Muslim Caliphate, but the Abbasid caliphs' control of the region faded away towards the end of the 9th century.
Red Castle, Tripoli, which houses the national archives (photo 2010) The National Archives of Libya (Dar al-Mahfuzat al-Tarikhiyya) is the national archives of Libya, located in the Red Castle in Tripoli. [1] [2] As of 1980 it was overseen by Salaheddin Hasan al-Suri, Director of Antiquities.
Tripolitania within the Diocese of Africa, c.400 AD Notitia Dignitatum - Dux provinciae Tripolitanae. Tripolitania was a province of the Roman Empire.Between the 2nd century BC and the 3rd century AD it had been known as Syrtica; in the 3rd century it was renamed Tripolitania meaning "region of the three cities", referring to Oea (modern Tripoli of Libya), Sabratha and Leptis Magna.
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Amazigh have been present throughout the entire history of the country. For most of its history, Libya has been subjected to varying degrees of foreign control, from Europe, Asia, and Africa. The history of Libya comprises six distinct periods: Ancient Libya, the Roman era, the Islamic era, Ottoman rule, Italian rule, and the Modern era.