 The name "Libya" (in use since 1934 for the modern country formerly known as Tripolitania and Barca) was the Latin designation for the region of the Maghreb, from the Ancient Greek ( "Libúē", "Libúā").In Classical Greece, the term had a broader meaning, encompassing the continent that later (second century BC) became known as "Africa", which, in antiquity, was assumed to constitute one third of the world's land mass, compared to Europe and Asia combined.The "Libu" are attested since the Late Bronze Age as inhabiting the region (Egyptian "R'bw", Punic