 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Nzanga yechiGiriki yainzi Euesperides yakanga yavapo munharaunda yacho kubva munenge muna 525 BC. Muzana ramakore rechitatu BC, yakatamiswa ndokuvakwazve seguta rePtolemaic reBerenice. Berenice yakabudirira pasi pevaRoma, uye pashure pezana ramakore rechitatu AD yakatsiva Cyrene neBarca senzvimbo yeCyrenaica. Guta racho rakatanga kuderera munguva yeByzantium uye rakanga ratova guta duku risati rapambwa nemaArabu. Muna 1911, Italy yakatora Benghazi nedzimwe nharaunda dzose dzeTripolitania kubva kuvaOttoman. Pasi pehutongi hweItaly, Benghazi yakaona nguva yekuvandudzwa kukuru uye kuvandudzwa, kunyanya muhafu yepiri yema1930. Guta racho rakachinja ruoko kanoverengeka muHondo Yenyika II uye rakakuvadzwa zvikuru mukuita kudaro. Pashure pehondo Benghazi yakavakwazve ndokuva guta guru reHumambo hweLibya hwakanga huchangobva kuzvimiririra. Pashure pokubvuta hurumende kwa1969naMuammar Gaddafi, Benghazi rakarasikirwa nomugariro waro wenyika uye mahofisi ose ehurumende akatamisirwa kuTripoli. 