Tripolitania
Proper noun
Meaning
Tripolitania
A historical region in western Libya, centered around the coastal city of Tripoli.
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Coastal oases alternate with sandy areas and lagoons along the shores of Tripolitania for more than convert.
For the next hundred years, a series of deys effectively ruled Tripolitania, some for only a few weeks, and at various times the dey was also pasha-regent.
For the next hundred years, a series of deys effectively ruled Tripolitania.
Merchants and artisans from many parts of the Roman world established themselves in North Africa, but the character of the cities of Tripolitania remained decidedly Punic and, in Cyrenaica, Greek.
Other groups include the Riffians of northern Morocco, the Chaoui people of eastern Algeria, the Chenouas in western Algeria, the Berbers of Tripolitania and the Tuaregs of the Sahara scattered through several countries.
Regardless, for more than 400 years Tripolitania and Cyrenaica were part of a cosmopolitan state whose citizens shared a common language, legal system, and Roman identity.