Known throughout the region as the "bride of the Mediterranean," the city of Tripoli has borne witness to the eras of the Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines and Arabs. Founded as a Phoenician trading post, Tripoli developed over time into the breadbasket of the Roman Empire, and later the slave trade's principal source and market. The relics of the old world will soon stand beside the skyscrapers of the new.The ambitious project of Zuwara represents Libya's break with its recent past and its assumption of a new identity as Africa's beacon of hope.
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