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Libya Statistics:
98% Muslims, 1.8% Christians
The oldest accounts of Libya are connected to Phoenician colonies established in first half of the last millennium BCE.
6th century BCE: Phoenician ports of Libya are conquered by Carthage.
5th century BCE: Rise of the Garamantian Empire in today's Fezzan.
107 BCE: Northwestern Libya is conquered by Rome, and comes under administration of Africa Proconsularis which has its administrative centre around Carthage. The region becomes later a province of its own, under the name of Tripolitania.
74 BCE: Cyrenaica is conquered by Rome. Further Roman advances south is halted by the Garamantians. The region is later named Libya, where today's northeastern Libya is called Libya Superior, while today's northwestern Egypt is called Libya Inferior.
455 CE: Vandals take possession of Libya.
643: Amr Ibnu l-As conquers northeastern Libya, known as Barka, and the region becomes part of the new Muslim Empire governed from Madina in today's Saudi Arabia.
(source: Encyclopedia of the Orient)
Libya Statistics:
98% Muslims, 1.8% Christians
The oldest accounts of Libya are connected to Phoenician colonies established in first half of the last millennium BCE.
6th century BCE: Phoenician ports of Libya are conquered by Carthage.
5th century BCE: Rise of the Garamantian Empire in today's Fezzan.
107 BCE: Northwestern Libya is conquered by Rome, and comes under administration of Africa Proconsularis which has its administrative centre around Carthage. The region becomes later a province of its own, under the name of Tripolitania.
74 BCE: Cyrenaica is conquered by Rome. Further Roman advances south is halted by the Garamantians. The region is later named Libya, where today's northeastern Libya is called Libya Superior, while today's northwestern Egypt is called Libya Inferior.
455 CE: Vandals take possession of Libya.
643: Amr Ibnu l-As conquers northeastern Libya, known as Barka, and the region becomes part of the new Muslim Empire governed from Madina in today's Saudi Arabia.
(source: Encyclopedia of the Orient)
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