Cyrenaica

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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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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

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UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Cyrene) foundedAsPartOf Cyrenaica
this entity surface form: Greek colony of Cyrenaica
Anniceris region Cyrenaica
King Idris I of Libya birthPlace Cyrenaica
subject surface form: Idris I of Libya
Al Wahat District partOf Cyrenaica
Mediterranean Sea coast hasPart Cyrenaica
this entity surface form: Cyrenaica coast
CIA Annex in Benghazi region Cyrenaica
Diaspora Revolt location Cyrenaica
Hegesias of Cyrene deathPlace Cyrenaica
this entity surface form: Cyrenaica (uncertain)
Fort Capuzzo location Cyrenaica
Battleaxe location Cyrenaica
subject surface form: Operation Battleaxe
Derna port locatedIn Cyrenaica
eastern Libya contains Cyrenaica
subject surface form: Eastern Libya
eastern Libya historicalNameIncludes Cyrenaica
subject surface form: Eastern Libya
Wadi Derna locatedIn Cyrenaica
Battle of Beda Fomm region Cyrenaica
Simon of Cyrene countryInAntiquity Cyrenaica
this entity surface form: Libya (region of Cyrenaica)
Battle of Sidi Rezegh location Cyrenaica
Bardia region Cyrenaica
Put possiblyIdentifiedWith Cyrenaica
Jupiter (as Jupiter Ammon) worshipPlace Cyrenaica
subject surface form: Jupiter Ammon
Libyan coast adjacentTo Cyrenaica
this entity surface form: Cyrenaica region
Augustan wars hasLocation Cyrenaica
Augustan wars hasLocation Cyrenaica
this entity surface form: Cyrenaica frontier
Tobruk District partOf Cyrenaica
Marj partOf Cyrenaica
Shahhat partOf Cyrenaica
Ptolemais locatedIn Cyrenaica
Ptolemais partOf Cyrenaica
this entity surface form: ancient Cyrenaica