Ancient Libya
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title:
Ancient Libya
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During the Iron Age and Classical antiquity, Libya referred to modern-day Africa west of the Nile river. Greek and Roman geographers placed the dividing line between Libya/Africa and Asia at the Nile. In contrast, the areas of Sub-Saharan Africa were known as Aethiopia. More narrowly, Libya could also refer to the country immediately west of Egypt, viz Marmarica and Cyrenaica. The Libyan Sea or Mare Libycum was the part of the Mediterranean Sea south of Crete, between Cyrene and Alexandria. In t
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Region west of the Nile Valley
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Libya
date created:
2006-08-23T23:48:52Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T20:04:28Z
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