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  1. Crete and Cyrenaica ( Latin: Creta et Cyrenaica, Koinē Greek: Κρήτη καὶ Κυρηναϊκή, romanized: Krḗtē kaì Kyrēnaïkḗ) was a senatorial province of the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire, established in 67 BC, which included the island of Crete and the region of Cyrenaica in modern-day Libya. These areas were ...

  2. Cyrenaica (sĭrənāˈĭkə, sīrə–), historic region, E Libya, bordering on the Mediterranean Sea. Benghazi, Al Marj, Darnah, and Tobruk are the chief cities. The Greeks colonized N Cyrenaica in the 7th cent. B.C., founding numerous settlements. In the mid-1st cent. B.C., Cyrenaica became a Roman province. In A.D. 115–16 there was a large ...

  3. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA), also referred to as West Asia and North Africa (WANA) or South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA), is a geographic region. While still referring to most of the Middle East (or West Asia without East Thrace or the Sinai peninsula) and North Africa together, it is widely considered to be a more defined and apolitical alternative to the grouping of ...

  4. Pages in category "North Africa". The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. MENA. North Africa.

  5. Military simulation. Players. 2–10. Playing time. Up to 1,500 hours. Synonyms. CNA. The Campaign for North Africa ( CNA ), subtitled "The Desert War, 1940–43", is a strategic "monster" board wargame published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1978 that simulates the entire North African Campaign of World War II .

  6. Pentapolis (North Africa) synonyms, Pentapolis (North Africa) pronunciation, Pentapolis (North Africa) translation, English dictionary definition of Pentapolis (North ...

  7. Fihrids. Umayyad rule in North Africa or Umayyad Ifriqiya was a province of the Umayyad Caliphate (661–750) during the historical period in which it ruled the Maghreb region of North Africa (excluding Egypt ), from its conquest of the Maghreb starting in 661 to the Kharijite Berber Revolt ending in 743, which led to the end of its rule in the ...