Timimi, At Timimi or Tmimi, is a small village in Libya

Libya

Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....

 about 75 km east of Derna and 100 km west of Tobruk

Tobruk

Tobruk or Tubruq is a city, seaport, and peninsula on Libya's eastern Mediterranean coast, near the border with Egypt. It is the capital of the Butnan District and has a population of 120,000 ....

. It is on the eastern shores of the Libyan coastline of the Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean Sea

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Geography

Because its underground water is salty, it was always a place of little importance, and its population in 2006 was 4,667. However, its situation improved after the Charruba–Timimi Road was paved between 1975 and 1985; it is now at the crossroads of the Charruba–Timimi Road and the Derna-Tobruk road.

History

• Greek historian Herodotus
  Herodotus
  Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus, Caria and lived in the 5th century BC . He has been called the "Father of History", and was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and arrange them in a...
  
   said that Cyrene
  Cyrene
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   was founded in mid-7th century BC
  7th century BC
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  , when a group of Greek immigrants from Thera landed at the Gulf of Bomba
  Bomba, Libya
  Bomba is a village in eastern Libya on the Gulf of Bomba. It is located south of Derna.Greek historian Herodotus said that Cyrene was founded in mid-7th century BC, when a group of Greek immigrants from Thera landed at the Gulf of Bomba, and stayed there for years, then, they moved to place of...
  
  , and stayed there for years, then, they moved to place of Cyrene, and then, founded it. Depending on an old myth, Battus
  Battus I of Cyrene
  Battus I of Cyrene was the founder of the Greek colony of Cyrenaica and its capital, Cyrene. He was the first king of Cyrenaica, the first Greek king in Africa, and the founder of the Battiad dynasty.-Background:...
  
   moved, by the advice of god, to Libya, landed on the Gulf of Timimi (the same Gulf of Bomba), and then moved westwards and founded Cyrene.
• Before conquering Libya by Muslim forces in 642, Timimi was known Palivros.
• On 21 January 1942, during World War II
  World War II
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  , German general Erwin Rommel
  Erwin Rommel
  Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel , popularly known as the Desert Fox , was a German Field Marshal of World War II. He won the respect of both his own troops and the enemies he fought....
  
   commanded his Axis
  Axis Powers
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  -Panzer
  Panzer
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   army through Cyrenaica
  Cyrenaica
  Cyrenaica is the eastern coastal region of Libya.Also known as Pentapolis in antiquity, it was part of the Creta et Cyrenaica province during the Roman period, later divided in Libia Pentapolis and Libia Sicca...
  
  , and his troops reached Timimi in 3 February 1942, stopping there. The army stayed there until 26 May 1942, when he launched the Battle of Gazala
  Battle of Gazala
  The Battle of Gazala was an important battle of the Second World War Western Desert Campaign, fought around the port of Tobruk in Libya from 26 May-21 June 1942...
  
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