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	'''Tripoli''' is a [[city]] of the [[North Africa]]n coast, modernly within [[Libya]].		'''Tripoli''' is a [[city]] of the North [[Africa]]n coast, modernly within [[Libya]].

	It was founded by the classical [[Phoenician]]s, and gained prominence under the [[Roman Empire\|Roman]]s, where it became the capital of a province.		It was founded by the classical [[Phoenician]]s, and gained prominence under the [[Roman Empire\|Roman]]s, where it became the capital of a province.

Cian at 02:07, 13 May 2009

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	'''Tripoli''' is a [[city]] of the ~~North~~ [[Africa]]n coast, modernly within Libya.		'''Tripoli''' is a [[city]] of the [[North Africa]]n coast, modernly within [[Libya]].

	It was founded by the classical ~~Phoenicians~~, and gained prominence under the [[Roman Empire\|Roman]]s, where it became the capital of a province.		It was founded by the classical [[Phoenician]]s, and gained prominence under the [[Roman Empire\|Roman]]s, where it became the capital of a province.

	After the fall of Rome, it was conquered by the [[Muslim]]s in the [[8th century]], and became one of the bases of operations for the [[Barbary Coast]] [[pirate]]s. It remained within the Muslim aegis until 1510, when [[Spain\|Spanish]] forces, under the Count of Oliveto, took the city. In 1523 it was passed to the [[Hospitaller\|Knights of St.John]] (who had lost their base on [[Rhodes]], having been forced to quit the [[Holy Land]] but in 1551 they were obliged to surrender it to [[Ottoman]] [[Turk]]s led by Dragut Reis. The pirates then returned and the city remained under local self-government throughout [[period]], being famed as a pirate hangout.		After the fall of Rome, it was conquered by the [[Muslim]]s in the [[8th century]], and became one of the bases of operations for the [[Barbary Coast]] [[pirate]]s. It remained within the Muslim aegis until 1510, when [[Spain\|Spanish]] forces, under the Count of Oliveto, took the city. In 1523 it was passed to the [[Hospitaller\|Knights of St.John]] (who had lost their base on [[Rhodes]], having been forced to quit the [[Holy Land]] but in 1551 they were obliged to surrender it to [[Ottoman]] [[Turk]]s led by Dragut Reis. The pirates then returned and the city remained under local self-government throughout [[period]], being famed as a pirate hangout.

Cian at 02:04, 13 May 2009

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	'''Tripoli''' is a city of the North [[Africa]]n coast, modernly within Libya.		'''Tripoli''' is a [[city]] of the North [[Africa]]n coast, modernly within Libya.

	It was founded by the classical Phoenicians, and gained prominence under the [[Roman Empire\|Roman]]s, where it became the capital of a province.		It was founded by the classical Phoenicians, and gained prominence under the [[Roman Empire\|Roman]]s, where it became the capital of a province.

	After the fall of Rome, it was conquered by the [[Muslim]]s in the [[8th century]], and became one of the bases of operations for the Barbary Coast ~~pirates~~. It remained within the Muslim aegis until 1510, when [[Spain\|Spanish]] forces, under the Count of Oliveto, took the city. In 1523 it was passed to the [[Hospitaller\|Knights of St.John]] (who had lost their base on [[Rhodes]], having been forced to quit the [[Holy Land]] but in 1551 they were obliged to surrender it to Ottoman ~~Turks~~ led by Dragut Reis. The pirates then returned and the city remained under local self-government throughout [[period]], being famed as a pirate hangout.		After the fall of Rome, it was conquered by the [[Muslim]]s in the [[8th century]], and became one of the bases of operations for the [[Barbary Coast]] [[pirate]]s. It remained within the Muslim aegis until 1510, when [[Spain\|Spanish]] forces, under the Count of Oliveto, took the city. In 1523 it was passed to the [[Hospitaller\|Knights of St.John]] (who had lost their base on [[Rhodes]], having been forced to quit the [[Holy Land]] but in 1551 they were obliged to surrender it to [[Ottoman]] [[Turk]]s led by Dragut Reis. The pirates then returned and the city remained under local self-government throughout [[period]], being famed as a pirate hangout.

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'''Tripoli''' is a city of the North [[Africa]]n coast, modernly within Libya.

It was founded by the classical Phoenicians, and gained prominence under the [[Roman Empire|Roman]]s, where it became the capital of a province.

After the fall of Rome, it was conquered by the [[Muslim]]s in the [[8th century]], and became one of the bases of operations for the Barbary Coast pirates. It remained within the Muslim aegis until 1510, when [[Spain|Spanish]] forces, under the Count of Oliveto, took the city. In 1523 it was passed to the [[Hospitaller|Knights of St.John]] (who had lost their base on [[Rhodes]], having been forced to quit the [[Holy Land]] but in 1551 they were obliged to surrender it to Ottoman Turks led by Dragut Reis. The pirates then returned and the city remained under local self-government throughout [[period]], being famed as a pirate hangout.