• The 1963 Marj earthquake occurred on February 21 in northern Libya. The earthquake occurred at 18:14:36 local time with a moment magnitude of 5.6 and a...
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    Marj (Arabic: المرج, al-Marj, "The Meadows"), El Merj in Benghazi and Egyptian Arabic, is a city in northeastern Libya and the administrative seat of the...
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    disaster was seen as the worst to hit the Cyrenaica region since the 1963 Marj earthquake. Conflicting figures emerged regarding the number of casualties....
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  • January 30, 2021. "Significant Earthquake: LIBYA: BARCE (AL MARJ)". National Geophysical Data Center. February 21, 1963. Retrieved January 30, 2021. "M...
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    it was visited by James Hamilton. The castle was destroyed in the 1963 Marj earthquake. Early Christianity was spread from Israel to Cyrenaica, a center...
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    This list of 20th-century earthquakes is a list of earthquakes of magnitude 6 and above that occurred in the 20th century. Sone smaller events which nevertheless...
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  • in October 1964 he becomes prime minister. February 21 – The 5.6 Mw Marj earthquake affects northern Libya with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe)...
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    a relatively level plateau, known as the Marj Plain, which lies at about 300 meters elevation. Above the Marj Plain lies a dissected plateau at about 700...
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    reorganized into twenty-six districts which were: Butnan, Jafara, Jufra, Kufra, Marj, Murqub, Quba, Al Wahat, Bani Walid, Benghazi, Derna, Gharyan, Jabal al Akhdar...
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  • Replace Saks Store". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 October 2023. Jackson, Marj (February 28, 1980). "You'd never have guessed it was a store". Detroit Free...
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    Palestine following their 1516 victory over the Mamluks at the Battle of Marj Dabiq. The Ottoman conquest of Palestine was relatively swift, with small...
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    Turks conquered Syria from the Mamluks after defeating them at the Battle of Marj Dabiq near Aleppo. Hama, and the rest of Syria, came under Ottoman rule from...
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  • (Jason Reso) (born 1973) Rene Dupree (Rene Goguen) (born 1983) Earthquake (John Tenta) (1963–2006) Edge (Adam Copeland) (born 1973) Ronnie Garvin Sylvain...
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    clashes erupted in the nearby town of Salqin. In early February 2023, an earthquake devastated southern Turkey and adjacent Northern Syria. Harem was particularly...
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  • Gilchrist, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 2024) 1936 – Marj Dusay, American actress (d. 2020) 1936 – Larry Hovis, American actor and...
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    sword" against his enemies and referred to the death of his father as an "earthquake shock". In the wake of Nur ad-Din's death, Saladin faced a difficult decision;...
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    Bibcode:2018Lands..15..199T. doi:10.1007/s10346-017-0865-0. ISSN 1612-5118. Tonini, Marj; Abellan, Antonio (2014-06-30). "Rockfall detection from terrestrial LiDAR...
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  • defeats the Mamluk Sultanate and captures present-day Syria at the Battle of Marj Dabiq. 1561 – Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxony. 1608 – The...
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    significantly after the Ottomans defeated Sultan al-Ghuri in the Battle of Marj Dabiq in 1516 and conquered Egypt in 1517. Ruling from Constantinople, Sultan...
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  • extension of Zahir's rule southward toward Nazareth and the neighboring Marj Ibn Amer, the wide plain between the Galilee and Jabal Nablus through which...
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    end of the century, the Kalb around Palmyra migrated from the area. Earthquakes devastated Palmyra in 1068 and 1089. In the 1070s Syria was conquered...
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  • unveils 122 feet tall Marjing polo statue of worth Rs. 39 crore "Manipur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurates 122-feet-high Marjing Polo statue". India...
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  • defeats the last Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri at the Battle of Marj Dabiq the previous year. Selim proclaims himself Caliph of the Islamic world...
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    commander of B Squadron. The original town, called Marj in Arabic, was devastated by a major earthquake in 1963. A new city, now with a population of some 120...
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  • Tancred, Prince of Galilee takes town. 1114 – Seljuks in power. 1157 – Earthquake. 1172 – Nur al-Din Mosque built. 1175 – Saladin takes town from Zangids...
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  • news media reported that the Syrian Ba'athist government forces retook a Marj al-Sultan military airbase east of Damascus that had been held by Jaysh al-Islam...
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    forces commanded by the sultan Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri in the Battle of Marj Dabiq, bringing all of the Middle East. The Mamluk Sultan, Al-Ashraf Qansuh...
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    forces commanded by the sultan Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri in the Battle of Marj Dabiq, bringing all of the Middle East. The Mamluk Sultan, Al-Ashraf Qansuh...
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    since 1382 was lost to the Ottomans after their victory in the Battle of Marj Dabiq that ended with the killing of the ruling Qansuh al-Ghuri in August...
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    On 20 October 1939, the depot of the 158th Infantry Regiment "Cirene" in Marj in Libya formed a divisional tank battalion for the 63rd Infantry Division...
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