The first trading posts in Lybia were established by Phoenicians when the merchants of Tyre (current Lebanon) developed commercial relations with the Berber tribes and made treaties with them to ensure their cooperation in the exploitation of raw materials.
By the 5th century B.C.E., Carthage, the greatest Phoenician colony, had extended its hegemony across North Africa, where the distinctive civilization of Punic came into being. Punic settlements on the Libyan coast included Oea (later Tripoli), Libdah (later Leptis Magna) and Sabratha, in the area later called Tripolis, or "Three Cities", name that gave origin to Libya's modern capital, Tripoli.
In 630 B.C.E., the Ancient Greeks colonized Eastern Libya and founded the city of Cyrene. Four
By the 5th century B.C.E., Carthage, the greatest Phoenician colony, had extended its hegemony across North Africa, where the distinctive civilization of Punic came into being. Punic settlements on the Libyan coast included Oea (later Tripoli), Libdah (later Leptis Magna) and Sabratha, in the area later called Tripolis, or "Three Cities", name that gave origin to Libya's modern capital, Tripoli.
In 630 B.C.E., the Ancient Greeks colonized Eastern Libya and founded the city of Cyrene. Four