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Fezzan: see Fazzan Fazzan (fäz-zän`) or Fezzan ..... Click the link for more information. , historic region, Libya. FezzanArabic Fazzan ancient PhazaniaHistoric region, southwestern Libya. A part of the Sahara, most of its inhabitants dwell in oases in the interior. Central and southern Fezzan are noted for the cultivation of date palms, which cover several hundred thousand acres scattered in numerous oases. It was conquered by the Romans in the 1st century BC and by the Arabs in the 7th century AD. The Ottomans made it part of their empire in 1842. Fezzan was amalgamated with Tripolitania and Cyrenaica by the Italians in 1912, and it later became a province of the United Kingdom of Libya (1951–63). Thereafter it was part of Libya. Fezzan a region of SW Libya, in the Sahara: a former province (until 1963) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He seems to have been obsessed with revolution even when clad in knee breeches at the British-style Sabha prep school in Fezzan. Rock drawings in Libya's southern Fezzan province depict large animals, betokening an era of rainfall and prosperity some 14,000 to 38,000 years ago, when it is believed the giant underground reservoirs of water now feeding the GMR were filled. King Idriss's social base was in the Eastern region, Barqa, while Qaddafi was born in the central region, and went to school in the southern region, Fezzan. |
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