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Fezzan
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Fezzan see Fazzan , historic region, Libya.
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PROFILE - Brig. Gen. Abu Bakr Younis JABER
APS Review Downstream Trends; 11/30/1992; 40 words
; Born in 1942 at Zella in Fezzan, Jaber's family is said to originate from the Augila oasis in northern Chad. Like the other four, he was one of the Free Officers who ousted the monarchy on Sept. 1, 1969. He is moderate and pragmatic but not too intelligent .
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PROFILE - Maj. Abdel Salam JALLOUD
APS Review Downstream Trends; 11/30/1992; 74 words
; Born in 1940, Jalloud belongs to the numerous and often belligerent Magariha Tribe of Fezzan. He leads the most radical wing in the leadership but, like Qadhafi, he can be as pragmatic as a mouse , according to one his friends ...
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A place in the sun As thousands of visitors flock to Libya for next week's total eclipse, Fiona Dunlop explores the hidden regions of this former no-go nation
The Sunday Telegraph London; 3/26/2006; Fiona Dunlop; 969 words
; ... both these worlds come together in the Fezzan, the country's fabulous, little-known ... utter silence. One of the reasons for the Fezzan's low profile is access. Getting there ... as Libya's oil wealth has made even the Fezzan an immigrants' paradise; Algeria, Niger ...
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Environment and settlements in the Mid-Holocene palaeo-oasis of Wadi Tanezzuft (Libyan Sahara). (Special section).
Antiquity; 12/1/2001; Cremaschi, Mauro di Lernia, Savino; 4953 words
; ... environmental changes in south-western Fezzan, in Cremaschi & di Lernia (ed.): 13- ... Palaeoenvironment and Prehistory in south-western Fezzan (Libyan Sahara). Milan: CNR. 1999. Holocene ... Egypt. London: Seaby. DESIO, A. 1937. Fezzan e Oasi di Ghat Geologia e Morfologia ...
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The Kingdom of Libya is Established December 24th, 1951. (Months Past).(Brief Article)
History Today; 12/1/2001; Cavendish, Richard; 490 words
; ... suggested dividing the country into three spheres of influence -- Cyrenaica under Britain, Tripolitania under Italy and the Fezzan desert area under the French. Arab nationalists objected and in 1949 the United Nations decided to create an independent state ...
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LIBYA - The Murzuk Basin.
APS Review Gas Market Trends; 7/5/1999; 162 words
; Separated from the Ghadames Basin by the Qarqaf uplift, the Murzuk Basin lies in the south-west in a remote province formerly called Fezzan. The basin is about 800 km south-west of the Libyan coast. Al Sharara field there is a giant, discovered in 1985 by Rompetrol ...
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What happened to the ancient Libyans? Chasing sources across the Sahara from Herodotus to Ibn Khaldun.
Journal of World History; 12/1/2003; Smith, Richard L.; 18429 words
; ... celebrated Kel Ahaggar Tuaregs. (5) The Fezzan region of southwest Libya was known as ... occupied part of the desert that included the Fezzan. Most likely this was the origin of the ... and Byzantine eras. They lived in the Fezzan, where they practiced agriculture along ...
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IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1954: France to Stay in Libya
International Herald Tribune; 12/7/2004; 87 words
; ... touching the problems of North Africa. The Arabs of Libya notified France recently that its troops would have to be out of the vast Fezzan section of West Libya by 1955, Marquis Roland de Moustier, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, told the Assembly. 2004 Copyright ...
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DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS ROADS.(Review)
African Business; 4/1/2000; Williams, Stephen; 680 words
; Hugh Clapperton's Travels in Sahara & Fezzan 1822-1825 [pounds]9.99 Sickle Moon Books ISBN 1-900209-06-3 Another ... South Africa and never previously published. It also contains 16 maps and contributions from three leading academics. The book is published ...
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The Spread of Islam
Maps.com World History Maps; 1/1/1999; 110 words
; ... Meroë Ravenna Spain Arabia Persia Egypt Oman Yemen Baluchistan Armenia Syria Tripoli Kingdom of the Franks Lombard Kingdom Fezzan Nubia Maghreb Hadhramaut Afghanistan Byzantine Empire Mediterranean Sea Caspian Sea Black Sea Persian Gulf Red Sea Atlantic ...
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Fezzan
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
... dwell in oases in the interior. Southern Fezzan is noted for its date palms, which cover ... made it part of their empire in 1842. Fezzan was made part of Tripoli by the Italians ... 63). Thereafter it was part of Libya. Fezzan Fezzan Fezzan
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Fazzan
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
or Fezzan , historic region, SW Libya. Marzuq , Sabhha, Brak, and Zawilah, all situated in oases in the Sahara Desert, are the chief settlements ...
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Libya
Countries and Their Cultures
... through the Al Jufrah oases to Sebha, the modern capital of Fezzan, securing towns on their way. Once in Sebha, the tribes ... members $1,000 (U.S.) each for the journey; and restored free enterprise. The liberalization has resulted in free market conditions with satellite dishes springing up ...
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Kanem-Bornu
A Dictionary of World History
... of Kanem, ruled by the Seyfawa family, existed by the 11th century, which, under Dunama (1221–59), came to extend from Fezzan and Wadai to the Niger, and included Bornu. Following civil wars this empire collapsed in 1398, but a member of it created a ...
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Tuareg
Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
... many Tuareg live. It is believed that the Tuareg are descendants of the North African Berbers, and that they originated in the Fezzan region of Libya. They later expanded into regions bordering the Sahara, bringing local farming peoples into their own society ...
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