Why is Cyrene significant?

A colony of the Greeks of Thera, Cyrene was one of the principal cities in the Hellenic world. It was Romanized and remained a great capital until the earthquake of 365. A thousand years of history is written into its ruins, which have been famous since the 18th century.
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What is the significance of Cyrene?

Cyrene became one of the great intellectual centers of the classical world. An important city under first the Greeks and then the Romans, it was a target of the Arab conquest of 642-3. It was at this point that this once glorious city was abandoned and eventually forgotten.
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Why was Cyrene founded?

Origins. Cyrene was founded in c. 630 BCE as a colony of the Greek island town Thera, which had become (or was perceived to be) too crowded. The first colonists settled at an island called Platea in front of the Libyan coast (modern Bomba).
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What is Cyrene called today?

Their journey ended in the northern part of Africa in modern-day Libya. These Greek settlers established a new city, calling it Cyrene. The city, which was founded in 631 BC, soon had its first King, Battus, ruling over it.
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Why is Cyrene endangered?

Inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1982, Cyrene today ranks among the List's most neglected and endangered sites in the Mediterranean Basin, due to improper restoration and extensive looting of its Greek artifacts.
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What’s the Significance of Simon Carrying Jesus’s Cross?



Where was Cyrene in Bible times?

Cyrene was located in northern Africa in eastern Libya. A Greek city in the province of Cyrenaica, it had a Jewish community where 100,000 Judean Jews had been forced to settle during the reign of Ptolemy Soter (323–285 BC) and was an early center of Christianity.
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When did Rome conquer Cyrene?

In 96 bc Cyrenaica came under Roman rule and in 67 bc was united with Crete to form a senatorial province, with Cyrene as local capital. The two centuries of relative prosperity under the Romans—broken by a revolt of the Cyrenian Jews (ad 115)—were followed by steady decline.
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Why was Simon of Cyrene in Jerusalem?

Simon, visiting Jerusalem for Passover, is suddenly pulled from the crowd in the streets and demanded to carry the cross of Jesus Christ up to Mt. Golgotha. Compelled to carry the cross and full of hatred and revenge over the death of his wife at the hands of Roman soldiers, Simon reluctantly yields to the task.
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Who helped Jesus carry the cross?

Mark 15: 21

They compelled a passer-by, who was coming in from the country, to carry his cross; it was Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus.
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How far did Simon of Cyrene travel to Jerusalem?

Please enable it in your browser settings. “How far to Jerusalem, Father?” “Rufus, it is about 37 miles. And, we have to walk. I wish we had more money to buy a donkey, but we must save it to purchase land for a home.”
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Which civilization built the city of Cyrene Libya?

According to Greek tradition, Cyrene was founded in 631 BC as a settlement of Greeks from the island of Thera, traditionally led by Battus I, at a site 16 kilometres (10 mi) from its associated port, Apollonia (Marsa Sousa).
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Where is Cyrene Africa?

Cyrene was an ancient Greek city on the North African coast near present-day Shahhat, a town located in north-eastern Libya. The precise location of the ancient city was thirteen kilometres from the coast. Cyrene is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
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When was the temple of Zeus at Cyrene built?

Archaeological Development

The Temple of Zeus was built around the 6th century BC; rebuilt by the Romans in the 2nd century AD after the Jewish Revolt in 115 AD where it was destroyed, and destroyed again after an Earthquake in the 4th century AD, this time the site was abandoned.
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What happened to the gold frankincense and myrrh?

An alternative tradition holds that Mary and Joseph used the gold to pay for the stable, the frankincense to perfume it and the myrrh as an ointment for the new-born baby.
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Who was the only disciple at the crucifixion?

After the arrest of Jesus, Peter and the "other disciple" (according to tradition, John) followed him into the palace of the high-priest. The "beloved disciple" alone, among the Apostles, remained near Jesus at the foot of the cross on Calvary alongside myrrhbearers and numerous other women.
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What happened to Simon in the Bible?

He supposedly preached the Gospel in Egypt and then joined the apostle St. Judas (Thaddaeus) in Persia, where, according to the apocryphal Acts of Simon and Judas, he was martyred by being cut in half with a saw, one of his chief iconographic symbols (another being a book). According to St.
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When did Greece invade Africa?

During the eighth and seventh centuries B.C., the Greeks renewed contacts with the northern periphery of Africa. They established settlements and trading posts along the Nile River and at Cyrene on the northern coast of Africa.
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When did the Romans control Egypt?

In 30 BC the Romans took control of Egypt. The Romans ruled for over 600 years until around 640 AD. In 332 BC, Alexander the Great swept down from Greece conquering much of the Middle East all the way to India.
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Is Libya an African country?

Libya, country located in North Africa. Most of the country lies in the Sahara desert, and much of its population is concentrated along the coast and its immediate hinterland, where Tripoli (Ṭarābulus), the de facto capital, and Benghazi (Banghāzī), another major city, are located.
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What is Cyrene chemical?

Dihydrolevoglucosenone (Cyrene) is a bicyclic, chiral, seven-membered heterocyclic cycloalkanone which is a waste derived and fully biodegradable aprotic dipolar solvent. It is a environmentally friendly alternative to dimethylformamide (DMF) and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP). Dihydrolevoglucosenone. Names. IUPAC name.
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What did the Greeks call North Africa?

Berbers succeeded in obtaining control of much of Carthage's North African territory, and they minted coins bearing the name Libyan, used in Greek to describe natives of North Africa.
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