For the present-day North African nation, see Libya.
For other uses, see Libya (Greek myth).
For other uses, see Lybie.
Modern representation of the geography in Herodotus's Histories, showing the area of Libya in north Africa, circa 450 BC
Libya (mythology) (Ancient Greek: Λιβύη, romanized: Libýē) is the daughter of Epaphus, King of Egypt, in both Greek and Roman mythology. She personified the land of Ancient Libya in North Africa, from which the name of modern-day Libya originated.[1]
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Libya (mythology) (Ancient Greek: Λιβύη, romanized: Libýē) is the daughter of Epaphus, King ofEgypt, in both Greek and Roman mythology. She personified...
Libya, officially the State ofLibya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Libya borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the...
between Libya/Africa and Asia at the Nile. More narrowly, Libya could also refer to the country immediately west ofEgypt, viz Marmarica (Libya Inferior)...
Muammar Gaddafi became the de facto leader ofLibya on 1 September 1969 after leading a group of young Libyan Army officers against King Idris I in a bloodless...
romanized: Idrīs; 13 March 1890 – 25 May 1983) was a Libyan political and religious leader who was King ofLibya from 24 December 1951 until his ouster in the...
circumstances, Libya has typically been less successful in international competition compared to other North African teams like Algeria, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia...
North Africa, to the west of and adjacent to Egypt. Libyans live in Tripoli. It is the capital of the country and first in terms of urban population, along...
The February 2015 Egyptian airstrikes in Libya against Islamic State positions in Libya took place on 16 February 2015, and were triggered by a video...
Libya (Italian: Libia; Arabic: ليبيا الايطالية, romanized: Lībyā al-Īṭālīya) was a colony of Fascist Italy located in North Africa, in what is now modern...
as the quasi-War of Attrition. It also supported the Egyptian Army during the North Yemen Civil War and the Libyan–Egyptian War of 1977. From 1977 to...
magazine Dabiq showing photos of 21 Egyptian Christian construction workers that they had kidnapped in the city of Sirte, Libya, and whom they reported had...
Nile, and the Red Sea. Egypt borders Libya to the west, Israel to the east and Sudan to the south. Egypt has an area of 1,002,450 km2 (387,050 sq mi) which...
ofLibya (Arabic: المملكة الليبية, romanized: Al-Mamlakah Al-Lībiyya, lit. 'Libyan Kingdom'; Italian: Regno di Libia), known as the United Kingdom of...
the Western Desert ofEgypt and far northwestern Sudan. On medieval maps, its use predates today's Sahara, and parts of the Libyan Desert include the...
the area of modern Egypt since antiquity. They are the largest Christian denomination in Egypt and the Middle East, as well as in Sudan and Libya. Copts...
The Italian colonization ofLibya began in 1911 and it lasted until 1943. The country, which was previously an Ottoman possession, was occupied by Italy...
000 sq mi) sand desert (erg) in the Sahara between western Egypt and eastern Libya in North Africa. Most of the area is covered by sand dunes. The Great Sand Sea...
election. Alleged Libyan financing in the 2007 French presidential election Disarmament ofLibyaEgyptian–Libyan War History ofLibya under Muammar Gaddafi...
1952 Egyptian Revolution. The flag bears Egypt's national emblem, the Egyptian eagle of Saladin, centred in the white band. In 1952, the Egyptian Free...
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