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.

2025年1月29日 · Libya comprises three historical regions— Tripolitania in the northwest, Cyrenaica in the east, and Fezzan in the southwest. The Ottoman authorities recognized them as separate provinces. Under Italian rule, they were unified to form a single colony, which gave way to independent Libya.

2025年1月20日 · Part of the Ottoman Empire from the early 16th century, Libya experienced autonomous rule (analogous to that in Ottoman Algeria and Tunisia) under the Karamanli dynasty from 1711 to 1835. In the latter year the Ottomans took advantage of a succession dispute and local disorder to reestablish direct administration.

2021年3月15日 · A chronology of key events in Libya's history, from the 7th century BC to the present day.

Beginning in the early 1980s, Libya undertook a secret nuclear weapons program in violation of its commitments to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty. Libya’s program accelerated after 2000, when Libya began to import parts for 10,000 centrifuges in order to enrich uranium—though few machines were… Read More; Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Libya, [b] officially the State of Libya, [c] 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. Libya comprises three historical …

2024年7月12日 · Libya, located in North Africa, has a rich and tumultuous history characterized by ancient civilizations, colonial rule, and modern political upheaval. Prehistoric Times: Evidence of human habitation in Libya dates back to prehistoric times, with significant archaeological findings like the rock paintings of Tadrart Acacus.

With the decline of the local Berber dynasties in the 15th and 16th centuries, the valuable coastal strip of north Africa (known because of the Berbers as the Barbary coast) attracts the attention of the two most powerful Mediterranean states of the time - Spain in the west, Turkey in the east.

The history of Libya comprises six distinct periods: Ancient Libya, the Roman Era, the Islamic Era, Ottoman Rule, Italian Rule, and the Modern Era. The Phoenicians were the first to establish trading posts in Libya where Phoenicians from Tyre, Lebanon established commercial relations and treaties with Libya's early inhabitants.

On December 24, 1951, Libya became the first country in Africa to achieve independence through the United Nations. The Kingdom of Libya was established under King Idris I, leader of the Senussi Order.