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What was the land South of Egypt referred to by the Ancient Greeks & Romans?

A. Ethiopia

B. Persia

C. Arabia

D. Libya

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D. Libya

The Latin name Libya referred to the region west of the Nile generally corresponding to the Atlantic Mountains according to Diodorus. Its people were ancestors of the modern Libyans. They occupied the area for thousands of years before the beginning of human records in ancient Egypt.
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