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Labdah (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 32 38 21 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.6390 decimal degrees |
| Long: 014 17 26 E degrees minutes |
Long: 14.2900 decimal degrees |
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Note: Settled in Stone Age and site of Iron Age Mediterranean culture; one of the three cities that gave Tripoli region its name; Punic settlement 500 BCE; flourished under Augustus and successors; decline spurred by inland tribes and Vandal raids, floods, and Arab invasion. |
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| Labdah (preferred,C,V)
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| Lebda (C,V)
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| Lepcis (H,V)
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| Lepcis Magna (H,V)
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| Leptis (H,V)
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| Leptis Magna (H,V)
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| Gros Leptis (H,V)
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Labdah (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Africa (province) (P,H) from 146 BCE |
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Labdah (deserted settlement) |
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Al Khums (inhabited place) (P) |
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Labdah (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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settled in Stone Age |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Tripolitania .......... (province) |
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(World, Roman Republic and Empire) [7030342] |
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