Kyrenaïkē

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Kyrenaïkē is the ancient Greek name for Cyrenaica, a historically significant coastal region of North Africa centered around the city of Cyrene.

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Kyrenaïkē canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek toponym
historical region
region of North Africa
administrativeStatusInRomanPeriod province
associatedPhilosophicalSchool Cyrenaic school
bordersBodyOfWater Mediterranean Sea
centeredOnCity Cyrene
colonizationCenturyBC 7th century BC
colonizationLeader Battus I of Cyrene
combinedProvinceName Creta et Cyrenaica
linked to: Cyrenaica
combinedWith Crete
earlierDominantReligion ancient Greek religion
economicActivity agriculture
trade
hasArchaeologicalSite Cyrene archaeological site
hasNameInEnglish Cyrenaica
hasNameInGreek Κυρηναϊκή
linked to: Cyrenaica
hasNameInLatin Cyrenaica
hasNotableInhabitant Aristippus of Cyrene
linked to: Aristippus

Eratosthenes of Cyrene
linked to: Eratosthenes
historicalEra Archaic Greece
Classical Antiquity
linked to: Classical antiquity

Hellenistic period
Roman period
linked to: Roman Antiquity
knownFor Greek philosophy
fertile plateau
silphium production
languageUsedHistorically Ancient Greek
Latin
laterDominantReligion Christianity
locatedInContinent Africa
locatedInModernCountry Libya
majorCity Apollonia
linked to: Apollonia (Illyria)

Barca
Berenice
Cyrene
Ptolemais
modernRegionalSuccessor Cyrenaica region of Libya
linked to: Cyrenaica
neighboringRegion Marmarica
Tripolitania
partOf Byzantine Empire
Ptolemaic Kingdom
Roman Empire
ancient Libya
strategicImportance control of eastern Mediterranean routes
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Cyrene
wasColonizedBy Greeks
wasColonyOf Thera

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Cyrenaica ancientName Kyrenaïkē