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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.
Ancient history: 3200–146 BC: Roman era: 146 BC – mid-7C: Islamic rule: mid-7c–1510: Spanish Tripoli: 1510–1530: Hospitaller Tripoli: 1530–1551: Ottoman Tripolitania: 1551–1911: Italian colonization: Italian Tripolitania and Cyrenaica: 1911–1934: Italian Libya: 1934–1943: Allied occupation: 1943–1951: Kingdom of Libya: 1951 ...
The timeline of the Libyan civil war begins on 15 February 2011 and ends on 20 October 2011. The conflict began with a series of peaceful protests, similar to others of the Arab Spring , later becoming a full-scale civil war between the forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi 's government and the anti-Gaddafi forces .
Compared with the history of Egypt, historians know little about the history of Libya, as there are few surviving written records. Information on ancient Libya comes from archaeological evidence and historic sources written by Egyptian scribes, as well as the ancient Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines , and later from Arabs of Medieval times.
Libya al-Youm (يوم) reported that four people were shot dead by sniper fire in Bayda and a Libyan human-rights group reported thirteen people had been killed. [16] In Ajdabiya and Derna at least ten and six protesters were killed by police, respectively. Protests also took place across Tripoli and in Zintan, where a number of government ...
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tripoli, Libya This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Stabilization of Italian rule in Libya; North African Campaign (1940–1943) United Kingdom. Libyan Arab Force [1] [2] India Egypt Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa Italy. Italian Libya Germany. Allied Victory
Libya, [d] officially the State of Libya, [e] is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad to the south, Niger to the southwest, Algeria to the west, and Tunisia to the northwest, as well as maritime borders with Greece, Italy and Malta to the north.