Italian colonization: Italian Tripolitania and Cyrenaica
1911–1934
Italian Libya
1934–1943
Allied occupation
1943–1951
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1951–1969
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1969–2011
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2011
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2011–2012
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2012–2014
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2014–2020
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Libya's history involves its rich mix of ethnic groups, including the indigenous Berbers/Amazigh people. Amazigh have been present throughout the entire history of the country. For most of its history, Libya has been subjected to varying degrees of foreign control, from Europe, Asia, and Africa.
The history of Libya comprises six distinct periods: Ancient Libya, the Roman era, the Islamic era, Ottoman rule, Italian rule, and the Modern era.
Libya'shistory involves its rich mix of ethnic groups, including the indigenous Berbers/Amazigh people. Amazigh have been present throughout the entire...
Muammar Gaddafi became the de facto leader ofLibya on 1 September 1969 after leading a group of young Libyan Army officers against King Idris I in a bloodless...
The Italian colonization ofLibya began in 1911 and it lasted until 1943. The country, which was previously an Ottoman possession, was occupied by Italy...
between Libya/Africa and Asia at the Nile. More narrowly, Libya could also refer to the country immediately west of Egypt, viz Marmarica (Libya Inferior)...
ofLibya (Arabic: المملكة الليبية, romanized: Al-Mamlakah Al-Lībiyya, lit. 'Libyan Kingdom'; Italian: Regno di Libia), known as the United Kingdom of...
The historyof the Jews in Libya stretches back to the 3rd century BCE, when Cyrenaica was under Greek rule. The Jewish population ofLibya, a part of the...
Libya (Italian: Libia; Arabic: ليبيا الايطالية, romanized: Lībyā al-Īṭālīya) was a colony of Fascist Italy located in North Africa, in what is now modern...
Demographics ofLibya is the demography ofLibya, specifically covering population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic...
military historyofLibya covers the period from the ancient era to the modern age. In ancient times, the Phoenicians and Carthaginians, the armies of Alexander...
modern historyofLibya: Tripolitania Vilayet (1864-1911) HistoryofLibya as Italian colony (1911-1943) World War II and Allied occupation, see Libya during...
Slavery in Libya has a long history and a lasting impact on the Libyan culture. It is closely connected with the wider context of slavery in North African...
Libya, officially the State ofLibya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Libya borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the...
of Arab nationalist and Nasserist officers in the Libyan Army, which overthrew the Senussi monarchy of King Idris I and resulted in the formation of the...
Regency of Tripoli, was officially ruled by the Ottoman Empire from 1551 to 1912. It corresponded roughly to the northern parts of modern-day Libya in historic...
[eparkhíā], after the city of Cyrene), is the eastern region ofLibya. Cyrenaica includes all of the eastern part ofLibya between the 16th and 25th meridians...
the 2011 Libyan civil war. The rebel forces overthrew the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya of Muammar Gaddafi. The NTC governed Libya for a period of ten months...
This is a list of wars involving the State ofLibya and its predecessor states. Libyan resistance movement Rennell of Rodd, Francis James Rennell Rodd...
The expulsion of Italians from Libya took place following 21 July 1970, when the Libyan Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) issued a special law to "regain...
The Libya national football team (Arabic: منتخب لِيْبيَا لِكُرَّةُ الْقَدَم) represents Libya in men's international association football and it is controlled...
Provinces ofLibya were prescribed in 1934, during the last period of colonial Italian Libya, and continued through post-independence Libya until 1963...
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