July - August

Mist or fog at north temporary dusty specially in the south.

Sept. - Oct

Because of the thermal lows strong winds and sand storms ovber al Libya.

Nov - Dec

The polar lows causes rain and showers, thunder storms with hail and snow is very rare over hills. No phenomena in the south only sand storms when passing of the low.

Relative Humidity

Very high in July and August, along the coast sometimes reaching to 70-85%.

It is very low in the south which is very dry.

Nebulosity

July and August

The sky is usually clear during these months.

Sept - Oct

The opportunity of clouds is more within this period

Nov - Dec

More cloudy in the North, very rare in the south

Winds

July - Aug

The wind blows from the North East to East within the North West region of Libya and from East to South East within the South East of Libya. It blows North Westerly within the North East region and its North Easterly to Northerly in the East area of Libya.

Sept - Oct

Mostly the same wind actuivity as above with some changes due to the thermal lows coming in from the South East dessert, casuing South West to Westerly wind which are quite strong.

Nov - Dec

Westerly to North Westerly winds is often observed over all Libya.

Currency and amount of money

Dinar Wahed

1 Dinar

Khamsa Dinarat

5 Dinars

Ashra Dinarat

10 Dinars

Khemstashn Dinar

15 Dinars

Ashreen Dinar

20 Dinars

Khamsa Waashreen Dinar

25 Dinars

Talateen Dinar

30 Dinars

Khamsa Watalateen

35 Dinars

Arbeen Dinar

40 Dinars

Tasherefna

How do you do.

Ahln Wasahlen

Hello and Welcome

Marhaba Bika

Welcome

Keif Halek

How are you?

Kweiss, Shokren

Fine, Thanks

Wenta, Keif Halek

And you, How are you?

Anna Masrour Biliqaek

I am glad to meet you.

Sabah Alkheer

Good morning

Alsalamu Aleikum

Good Afternoon, all day greeting

Massa Alkheer

Good evening

Illa Aliqaa

Good Bye. So long. See you.

Tasbeh Alla Kheer

Good night.

Men Fadlek

Please (do me a favour)

Laou Samahet

If you allow me, please (to attract attention)

Ordering Food and Drinks :

Tasst Shahy, men fadlek

A cup of tea, please

Tasst Ghahwa, men fadlek

A cup of coffe, please

Tasst Cabatschino, men fadlek

A cup of Cappachino, please

Tasst Makiata, men fadlek

A cup of hot chocolate, please

Tasst Ammia, men fadlek

A glass of water, please

Gedash Ahsabek, laou samahet

How much do I owe you, please

Alfatoura, min fadlek

May I have the bill, please

Men fadlek, nebi Djaj mhamer

I'd like roasted chicken, please

Men fadlek, nebi Shourba Libiya

I'd like a Libyan soup, please

Shenou Alwjbat alle andkoum, lou samahet

What sort of meals do you have, please

Fasoulia

Beans soup

Kouskesy

Cous Cous, Libyan specialty

Makarouna

Spaghetti

Lahm Mashouy

Grilled meat

Nouss Mafroum

Minced meat Sandwich

Hambourga

Hamburger

Marinda

Orange drink in a bottle

Bebsy

A coke in a bottle or can

Jillaty

An ice cream

Ammia Barda

Cold water

Asef Jiden,

I'm very sorry

Samehny

Please forgive me

Men fadlek, Nebi Taxi

I'd like a taxi, please

Wein Alhamam, min fadlek

Where is the toilet, please

Nebi Nahjez houjra fardia

I'd like to reserve a single room

Nebi Nahjez houjra Zawjiya

I'd like to reserve a double room

Fardia wala Zawjiya

A single or double room

Houjra Jamaia

A group hall

Bikam alhoujra lilila alwahida?

How much is a room per night

Men Fadlek, Awreid An Asaml Alhatef

I'd like to use the telephone, please

8000 B.C.

The earliest Neolithic Culture. Settlements of Fezzan is believed to have been forming early culture societies.

5000 B.C.

Rise of the Garamantian Empire. Reports of sedentary farming and the use of horse-drawn chariots used in wars.

2000 B.C.

Berbers began their migration to North Africa

2200-1700 B.C.

Egyptian Pharaohs succedded in imposing control over Berbers

950 B.C.

A Berber Officier named Shishonk I, seized control of Egypt and ruled as Pharaoh.

600-700 B.C

Greek settlements began in North Africa

631 B.C.

Greeks found the city of Cyrene

631-431 B.C.

More important Greek cities were established such as Barce, Beranice, Teuchira, Apollonia and Cyrene (The five Cities named Pentapolis)

525 B.C.

The army of Cambyses (Son of Cyrus the Great King of Persia), overran Cyrenaica

525-325 B.C.

Cyrenaica remained under Persian or Egyptian rule

331 B.C.

Alexander the Great was greeted by the Greeks when he entered Cyrenaica

323 B.C.

Alexander the Great died and the empire divided among his Macedonian generals.

77 B.C.

Ptolemy Apion, the last Greek ruler, bequeathed Cyrenaica to Rome and joined it to Crete as a Roman Province. Cyrene became one of the greatest intellectual and artistic centers of the Greek world

323 B.c-100 A.D.

Tripolitania and Cyrenaica were prosperious Roman provinces and part of a cosmopolitan state whose citizens shared a common language, legal system, and Roman identity. Roman ruins like those of Leptis Magna in the present-day Libya, attest to the vitality of the region

70 A.D.

Thousands of Jews deported to Cyrenaica after the rebellion against Roman rule in Palestine and the destruction of Jerusalem.

115 A.D.

Jews raised a major revolt in Cyrenaica that quickly spread back to Palestine

100-199 A.D.

The Roman army completes the pacification of the Sirtica, a desert refuge for the Barbarian tribes that had impeded overland communications between Triploitania and Cyrenaica

300 A.D.

The emperor Diocletian seperated the adminstration of Crete from Cyrenaica and formed provinces of upper and lower Libya. The first use of the name LIBYA as an adminstration designation.

395 A.D.

The partition of the empire. The Libyans were assigned to the eastern empire, Tripolitania was attached to the western empire.

429 A.D.

The Vandals, a Germanic tribe, crossed from Spain and seized power in North Africa, and under Gaiseric established a Kingdom that made its capital at Carthage

455 A.D.

From their African base the Vandals conquered Sardinia and corsica and launced raids on Italy, sacking the city of Rome.

533 A.D.

The Vandals lost much of their warlike spirit, and their kingdom fell to the armies of Belisarius, the Byzantine general who in 533 began the reconquest of North Africa for the Roman empire.

633 A.D.

Byzantine rule was restricted to the coast. The region's prosperity shrank under Vandals domination, and the old Roman political and social order, disrupted by the Vandals, could not be restored

642 A.D.

Amr Ibn Al as, an Arab general under Caliph Umar I, conquered Cyrenaica establishing his headquarters at Barce.

644-699

Arabs move into Tripolitania. The isolated Byzantine garisons on the coast were overrun and arab control of the region consolidated.

663 A.D

Uqba Bin Nafi, an Arab general under Caliph, invaded Fezzan forcing the capitulation of Germa.

670 A.D.

The Arabs surged into the Roman province of Africa, Tunisia.

693 A.D.

Arabs took Carthage.

710 A.D.

Arab invade Morocco.

712 A.D.

Arabs mounted an invasion of spain in three years.