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Overview of historical districts in Tripoli. Evidence of settlement in Tripoli dates back as early as 1400 BCE. Tripoli was originally a Phoenician colony. [1] In the 9th century, the Phoenicians established a trading station in Tripoli and later, under Persian rule, the city became the center of a confederation of the Phoenician city-states of Sidon, Tyre, and Arados Island.
Tripoli gained in importance as a trading centre for the whole Mediterranean after it was inhabited by the Arabs. Tripoli was the port city of Damascus; the second military port of the Arab Navy, following Alexandria; a prosperous commercial and shipbuilding center; a wealthy principality under the Kutama Ismaili Shia Banu Ammar emirs. [18]
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tripoli, Libya This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Tripoli, Lebanon, the second largest city in Lebanon Tripoli District, Lebanon, a district in North Governorate; Tripolis (region of Phoenicia), a maritime district in ancient Phoenicia; County of Tripoli, one of the medieval Crusader states centered in Tripoli, Lebanon; Eyalet of Tripoli, a province of the Ottoman Empire centered in Tripoli ...
The Council of Tripoli was an assembly of crusader states' leaders held in 1109, towards the end of the prolonged siege of the city of Tripoli. The crusader states— Jerusalem , Antioch , Edessa , and the nascent Tripoli —had been established on lands in the Levant conquered by western European aristocrats during and in the aftermath of the ...
History of Tripoli may refer to: History of Tripoli, Lebanon, a city in Lebanon; History of Tripoli, Libya, a city in Libya;
The history of the County of Tripoli, a crusader state in the Levant, spans the period between 1103 and 1289. The county was established in the aftermath of the First Crusade by the Toulousian crusader leader Raymond of Saint-Gilles (d. 1105). He laid siege to the city of Tripoli with Byzantine support in 1103.
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 ]