Barqah (Arabic: برقه, transliterated as Barqah, Barqa or Barka with the first two variants being more accurate than the last), in both Arabic and in Turkish, Barqah is the name of the North African region, now eastern Libya, usually called Cyrenaica first as a province of the Caliphate since 644 AD (named after its original capital Barca in Latin), and later after several Arab and Islamic rulers, as a State or Province ("wilayah" or "muhafazah") in Ottoman; Italian colonization and Libyan post-independence times (roughly from 1521 until as recently as the early 1970s when the province-system was abolished in Libya). More details on what Barqah means in Islamic, Ottoman or subsequent contexts can be found in the article Cyrenaica, and more on what it means specifically in Ancient Roman and Ancient Greek contexts can be found in the article Barca. Barca (Barqa) was a Byzantine province and city in medieval North Africa, occupying the coastal area of what is modern Libya. ... Arabic ( or just ), is the largest member of the family of Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew, Amharic, and Aramaic. ... The Roman Empire ca. ... Events Births Deaths Paulinus of York, bishop of Northumbria November: Omar, Second caliph of Islam by assassination. ... Barca (Barqa) was a Byzantine province and city in medieval North Africa, occupying the coastal area of what is modern Libya. ... The Arabs (Arabic: عرب) are a heterogeneous ethnic group who are predominantly speakers of the Arabic language, mainly found throughout the Middle East and North Africa. ... Islam (Arabic: ; ( â–¶ (help· info)), the submission to God) is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions and the worlds second-largest religion. ... A wilāyah (Arabic: ولاية) or vilayet (Turkish: vilâyet) or (ولایت in Persian) is an administrative division, usually translated as province. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Governorate. ... Motto: دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem: Ottoman imperial anthem Borders in 1680, see: list of territories Capital Söğüt (1299-1326) Bursa (1326-1365) Edirne (1365-1453) Constantinople (Istanbul) (1453-1922) Language(s) Ottoman Turkish Government Monarchy Sultans  - 1281–1326 Osman I  - 1918–1922 Mehmed VI... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Colonialism. ... Events January 3 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem. ... The Roman Empire ca. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Ancient Greece is a period in Greek history that lasted for around one thousand years and was extinguished by the newly-powerful Christianity. ... Barca (Barqa) was a Byzantine province and city in medieval North Africa, occupying the coastal area of what is modern Libya. ...

Source

• Westermann, Großer Atlass zur Weltgeschichte (in German).

See also

• Benghazi
• Cyrene