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== History == | == History == | ||
:Prior to Kambut's creation, Libya was separated into two majors regions: Cyrene and Syrte (included the towns of Benghazi, Tukrah, Ajdabiya and El-Bayda) and Upper Libya, which was contested by the Egyptian city of Tobruk and the Greek colony of Mersa Matruh. Kambut would be created in order to provide a fortified land bridge between Cyrene and Upper Libya, connecting half of Northern Africa in one big line of coastal settlements. | :Prior to Kambut's creation, Libya was separated into two majors regions: Cyrene and Syrte (included the towns of Benghazi, Tukrah, Ajdabiya and El-Bayda) and Upper Libya, which was contested by the Egyptian city of Tobruk and the Greek colony of Mersa Matruh. Kambut would be created in order to provide a fortified land bridge between Cyrene and Upper Libya, connecting half of Northern Africa in one big line of coastal settlements. | ||
Prior to the settlement of Kambut, the region was occupied with ruins of a medium sized village, though to have been an old colony of the Old Kingdom of Chad, abandoned after the Chadian-Egyptian wars. | |||
=== The Shield of Egypt === | === The Shield of Egypt === | ||