Cyrenaica

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historical region region of Libya

Cyrenaica is a historic coastal region in eastern Libya, centered around the ancient Greek city of Cyrene and long significant as a cultural and political area in North Africa.

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Observed surface forms (13)

Surface form	Occurrences
eastern Libya	3
Cyrenaica region	2
Cyrenaica region of Libya	2
Creta et Cyrenaica	1
Cyrenaica (de facto)	1
Cyrenaica coastal zone	1
Cyrenaica, Libya	1
Cyrenaican coast	1
Greek colonization of Cyrenaica	1
Italian Cyrenaica	1
Kingdom of Cyrenaica	1
coast of Cyrenaica	1
Κυρηναϊκή	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical region ⓘ region of Libya ⓘ
ancientName	Kyrenaïkē ⓘ
autonomousStatusEnd	1963 ⓘ
autonomousStatusStart	1951 ⓘ
borderedBy	Egypt ⓘ Fezzan ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Tripolitania ⓘ
colonizedBy	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece Greeks ⓘ surface form: Theran Greeks
containsCity	Al Bayda ⓘ Benghazi ⓘ Cyrene ⓘ Derna ⓘ Tobruk ⓘ
country	Libya ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Arabs ⓘ Berbers ⓘ Tebu ⓘ
historicalCapital	Cyrene ⓘ
historicalEra	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Byzantine period Hellenistic period ⓘ Italian colonial period ⓘ Libya ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Libya Ottoman Empire ⓘ surface form: Ottoman period Roman Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Roman period modern Libya ⓘ
historicalLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ
knownFor	ancient Greek city of Cyrene ⓘ desert hinterland ⓘ fertile Jabal al Akhdar uplands ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn	Fezzan ⓘ surface form: eastern Libya
locatedOn	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
majorCity	Benghazi ⓘ Derna ⓘ Tobruk ⓘ
mergedInto	unified Libyan province system ⓘ
modernAdministrativeCenter	Benghazi ⓘ
namedAfter	Cyrene ⓘ
partOf	Libya ⓘ North Africa ⓘ
playedRoleIn	2011 Libyan Civil War ⓘ surface form: Libyan Civil War (2011) Libyan resistance to Italian rule ⓘ
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
significance	cultural center in North Africa ⓘ political center in eastern Libya ⓘ
subregion	Cyrenaican Desert ⓘ Jabal al Akhdar ⓘ
wasAutonomousProvinceOf	Libya ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Libya
wasColonyOf	Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
wasPartOf	Italian Libya ⓘ
wasProvinceOf	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (70)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

10th Army (Italy) → areaOfOperations → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Sanctuary of Apollo → associatedWith → Cyrenaica ⓘ

subject surface form: Sanctuary of Apollo at Cyrene

this entity surface form: Greek colonization of Cyrenaica

Donations of Alexandria → awardedTerritory → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Cyrene → capitalOf → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Kyrenaïkē → combinedProvinceName → Cyrenaica ⓘ

subject surface form: Kyrenaikē

this entity surface form: Creta et Cyrenaica

Italo-Turkish War → conflictForControlOf → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Libyan Coastal Plain → contains → Cyrenaica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cyrenaica coastal zone

Libyan National Army → controlsTerritoryIn → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Red Castle Museum → focusesOnRegion → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Roman navy → garrisonedAt → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Hellenistic Jews → geographicDistribution → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Kyrenaïkē → hasNameInEnglish → Cyrenaica ⓘ

subject surface form: Kyrenaikē

Kyrenaïkē → hasNameInGreek → Cyrenaica ⓘ

subject surface form: Kyrenaikē

this entity surface form: Κυρηναϊκή

Kyrenaïkē → hasNameInLatin → Cyrenaica ⓘ

subject surface form: Kyrenaikē

Hellenistic kingdoms → hasPart → Cyrenaica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Cyrenaica

Hellenistic period → hasPart → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Ptolemaic Kingdom → hasPart → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Benghazi → historicalRegion → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Derna → historicalRegion → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Libya → historicalRegion → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Italian Libya → includesRegion → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Benghazi → isRegionalCapitalOf → Cyrenaica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cyrenaica (de facto)

Al Bayda → isUrbanCenterOf → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Apollonia (port of Cyrene) → locatedIn → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Benghazi → locatedIn → Cyrenaica ⓘ

this entity surface form: eastern Libya

Cyrene → locatedIn → Cyrenaica ⓘ

this entity surface form: eastern Libya

Cyrene → locatedIn → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Royal Military Academy, Benghazi → locatedIn → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Sanctuary of Apollo → locatedIn → Cyrenaica ⓘ

subject surface form: Sanctuary of Apollo at Cyrene

Temple of Zeus at Cyrene → locatedIn → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Martyrs of February Stadium → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Al Bayda → locatedInGeographicalArea → Cyrenaica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cyrenaica region of Libya

Brega → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Ajdabiya → locatedInRegion → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Al Bayda → locatedInRegion → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Cyrenaic school of philosophy → locatedInTheHistoricalRegion → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Cyrenaican Desert → locatedNear → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Apollonia (port of Cyrene) → locatedOn → Cyrenaica ⓘ

this entity surface form: coast of Cyrenaica

Battle of Gazala → location → Cyrenaica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cyrenaica, Libya

Cyrenaica campaign → location → Cyrenaica ⓘ

German-Italian Panzer Army → location → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Italian XX Motorised Corps → location → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Kitos War → location → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Operation Battleaxe → location → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Operation Compass → location → Cyrenaica ⓘ

this entity surface form: eastern Libya

Operation Crusader → location → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Second Libyan Civil War → location → Cyrenaica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cyrenaica region

Panzer Army Africa → locationOfOperation → Cyrenaica ⓘ

Kyrenaïkē → modernRegionalSuccessor → Cyrenaica ⓘ

subject surface form: Kyrenaikē

this entity surface form: Cyrenaica region of Libya

Belhamed → partOf → Cyrenaica ⓘ