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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.
Tripoli was founded by Phoenicians [1] Cyrenaica (eastern coastal region of Libya) colonized by the Greeks; 2nd C. BCE - Romans in power. 163 CE - Roman Triumphal Arch built (approximate date). [2] 533- Successful recovered by Byzantines of Egypt; 643 - Rashidun caliphate subdued Tripoli. [3] 1140 - Normans in power in Tripolitania. [2]
Map of the world according to Herodotus. During the Iron Age and Classical antiquity, Libya (from Greek Λιβύη: Libyē, which came from Berber: Libu) referred to the area of North Africa directly west of the Nile river (Modern day Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco), not to be confused with modern country Libya which only represents the eastern part of the territory at the time.
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.
Tripoli, Libya, the capital of Libya Tripoli District, Libya, one of Libya's districts; Tripolitania, a historic region of Libya Ottoman Tripolitania, frequently described as the "Kingdom of Tripoli" Tripolis (region of Africa), a district in ancient Tripolitania; Islamic Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, historical polity
The Karamanly House Museum (also known as the Qaramanli House Museum, the House of Karamanly and the Tripoli Historical Exhibition) is a historic house and museum located in the Old city in Tripoli, Libya. It is associated with the Karamanli dynasty. The house was built in the second half of the 18th century . [1]
The Jews of Libya had already suffered under Italian rule during World War II and shortly after it ended, when the bloody pogrom in Tripoli claimed many Jewish lives three years earlier. The 1948 Arab–Israeli War had begun a month earlier following the proclamation of the State of Israel, although British-controlled Libya did not take part in ...
Oea (/ ˈ iː ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἐώα [1]) was an ancient city in present-day Tripoli, Libya. It was founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC and later became a Roman–Berber colony. [2] As part of the Roman Africa Nova province, Oea and surrounding Tripolitania were prosperous.