21. Libya - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Libya, officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, also translated as Socialist People's Libyan Arab Great Jamahiriya), is a country located in North Africa. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya

Libya From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search This article is about the country. For other uses, see Libya (disambiguation) "Lehabim" redirects here. For the Biblical figure, see Lehabim (Biblical Figure) Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Al-Jamāhīriyyah al-ʿArabiyyah al-Lībiyyah aš-Šaʿbiyyah al-Ištirākiyyah al-ʿUẓmā (Arabic) Flag Coat of arms Anthem Allahu Akbar God is the Greatest Capital (and largest city) Tripoli 32°52′N ... Demonym Libyan Government Jamahiriya Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution Muammar al-Gaddafi ... Independence Relinquished by Italy From United Kingdom France under United Nations Trusteeship Area Total negligible Population Density 3.6/km GDP PPP Total $96.138 billion Per capita GDP (nominal) Total $76.557 billion Per capita HDI high Currency Dinar LYD Time zone ... Drives on the right Internet TLD .ly Calling code Arabic (de jure), Libyan Arabic (de facto) History of Libya This article is part of a series Ancient Libya (before 642 AD) Islamic Tripolitania and Cyrenaica Ottoman Libya Italian colony Incorporated Italian Libya Allied occupation (1942–1951) Kingdom of Libya Modern Libya (1969–Today) Libya Portal v d e Libya Arabic Lībiyā pronunciation help info Libyan vernacular : Lībya pronunciation help info ; officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Arabic Al-Jamāhīriyyah al-ʿArabiyyah al-Lībiyyah aš-Šaʿbiyyah al-Ištirākiyyah al-ʿUẓmā pronunciation help info , also translated as Socialist People's Libyan Arab Great Jamahiriya ), is a country located in

22. Timeline Libya Tripoli was a Barbary State of North Africa and then a province of Turkey before it became part of Libya. (WUD, 1994, p.1516) The national flag is green with no writing or http://timelines.ws/countries/LIBYA.HTML

Timeline Libya Return to home AfricaNet: http://www.africanet.com/africanet/country/libya/home.htm CIA Factbook: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ly.html Emulate: http://www.emulateme.com/libya.htm TravelDocs: http://www.traveldocs.com/ly/index.htm USLC: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/lytoc.html Tripoli was a Barbary State of North Africa and then a province of Turkey before it became part of Libya. (WUD, 1994, p.1516) The national flag is green with no writing or decoration. Green is the traditional color of Islam. (SFC, 10/31/98, p.D4) c1179BC Ramessu III beat back a Libyan invasion in his fifth year, this invasion was accompanied by war galleys from the northern countries. (R.M.-P.H.C.p.22) 631BC The city of Cyrene, in what later became Libya, was first developed by the Greeks. It was later settled by the Romans and destroyed in the earthquake of 365. (SFC, 9/11/07, p.A16) 19BC Lucius Cornelius Balbus led 20,000 men of the 3rd Augusta Legion across the Hamada al-Hamra (Red Rocky Plain) in the first Roman attack on the Garamantian heartland (Libya). Romans turned Ghadames, Libya, into a garrison town. (Arch, 9/02, p.48)(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garamantes)(SSFC, 6/27/04, p.D12)

23. Libya History | IExplore From the eighth century BC onwards (when the region was settled by the Phoenicians), Libya has been conquered and settled several times over. Its archaeological heritage http://www.iexplore.com/dmap/Libya/History

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W66 Home Destinations About My World66 ... [Add Section] History in Libya Edit This Until Lybia achieved independence in 1951, its history was essentially that of tribes regions and cities and of the empires of which it was a part. Derived from the name by which a single Berber tribe was known to the ancient Egyptians the name Libya was subsequently applied by the Greeks to most of North Africa and the term Libyan to all of its Berber inhabitants. Although ancient in origin these names were not used to designate the specific territory of modern Libya and its people until the twentieth century nor indeed was the whole area formed into a coherent political unit until then. Hence despite the long and distinct histories of its regions modern Libya must be viewed as a new country still developing national consciousness and institutions. Geography was the principal determinant in the separate historical development of Libya's three traditional regions Tripolitania Cyrenaica and Fezzan. Cut off from each other by formidable deserts each retained its separate identity into the 1960s. At the heart of Tripolitania was its metropolis Tripoli for centuries a terminal for caravans plying the Saharan trade routes and a port sheltering pirates and slave traders. Tripolitania's cultural ties were with the Maghrib (see Glossary) of which it was a part geographically and culturally and with which it shared a common history. Tripolitanians developed their political consciousness in reaction to foreign domination and it was from Tripolitania that the strongest impulses came for the unification of modern Libya.

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28. Libya History Individual travel to Libya Until Libya achieved indipendence 1951, its history was essentially that of tribes, regions, and cities, and of the Empires of which it was a part. http://www.germantravelnetwork.com/Html/D/Arabia/Libya/History.htm

Historical Setting Until Libya achieved indipendence 1951, its history was essentially that of tribes, regions, and cities, and of the Empires of which it was a part. Deived from the name by which a single Berber tribe was known to the Egyptians, the name Libyawas subsequently applied by the Greeks to most of the North Africa and the term Libyan to all of its inhabitants. Although ancient in origin, these names were not used to designate the specific territory of modern Libya nd its peopole until the twentieth century, nor ndeed was the whole area formed into a coherent political unit until then. Hence, despite the long and distinct histories of its regions, modern Libya must be viewed as a new country still devoloping national consciousness and institutions. Fezzan was less involved with either the Maghrib ( the West ) or the Mashrik ( the East ). Its nomads traditionally looked for leadership to tribal dynasties that controlled the oasis astride the desert trade routes. Throughout its history, Fezzan maintained close relations with sub-Saharan Africa as well as with the coast. Tripolitania and the Phoenicians Cyrenaica and the Greeks The region grew rich from grain, wine, wool, and stockbeeding and from silphium, an herb that grew only in Cyrenaica and was regarded as an aphrodisiac. Cyrene became one of the greatest intellectual and artistic centres of the Greek world, famous for its medical school, learned accademies, and architecture, which included some of the finest examples of the Hellinistic style.

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30. History - Libya - Africa history, libya, africa Libya, History. The Phoenicians founded colonies on the coast of Tripolitania, which were conquered by Carthage in the 6th century bc. http://www.countriesquest.com/africa/libya/history.htm

you are here home Africa Libya History Libya, History The Phoenicians founded colonies on the coast of Tripolitania, which were conquered by Carthage in the 6th century bc. Greeks subsequently established settlements in Cyrenaica. The Greek historian Herodotus, writing in the 5th century bc, described the Garamantes people of the Fezzan, who were sedentary farmers and used horse-drawn chariots in warfare. His account has been verified in the 20th century by ancient cave art, discovered in the Jabal Akakus (jabal means �mountains�) of the western Fezzan and the Jabal al �Uwaynat near the Egyptian border. Libya later became a Roman possession. The region was conquered by the Vandals in ad 455, by the Byzantine Empire the following century, and by the Arabs under Amr ibn al-As in 643. Ruled successively by the Umayyads, Fatimids, and a Berber dynasty, the country was partly conquered by the Normans in 1146 but soon abandoned to Almohad control. During the following centuries Libya, or parts thereof, frequently changed hands until it was finally conquered, in the 16th century, by the Ottoman Empire. In the 19th century the puritanical Sanusi religious brotherhood arose in the interior of Cyrenaica. When Italian forces invaded Libya in 1911, the Sanusi led the Cyrenaican resistance against them. The Ottomans renounced their rights over Libya in 1912. Local leaders in Tripolitania resisted the Italians until the early 1920s, and the Sanusi resistance did not give out until 1931.

31. History Of Libya - Lonely Planet Travel Information Throughout history Libya has been blighted by its geography, lying in the path of invading empires and someone else’s war. http://www.lonelyplanet.com/libya/history

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Sitemap Africa Vacations Libya Vacation Advertise on this Site ... Email this page to a friend Libya History Since he took power in a 1969 military coup, Col. Muammar Abu Minyar al-QADHAFI has espoused his own political system - a combination of socialism and Islam - which he calls the Third International Theory. Viewing himself as a revolutionary leader, he used oil funds during the 1970s and 1980s to promote his ideology outside Libya, even supporting subversives and terrorists abroad to hasten the end of Marxism and capitalism. Libyan military adventures failed, e.g., the prolonged foray of Libyan troops into the Aozou Strip in northern Chad was finally repulsed in 1987. Libyan support for terrorism decreased after UN sanctions were imposed in 1992. Those sanctions were suspended in April 1999. Expert Libya History Vacation Planning Start Planning your Libya History Vacation, Tour or Cruise Here Search here for your Vacations, Tours or Cruises Ab out Us Video About Us Africa Vacation Feedback and Testimonials Today's Africa Specials Africa Vacation Accommodations Africa Luxury Villas Africa Luxury Vacations Luxury Travel Videos Helpful Travel Links Travelex Luxury Travel Insurance CSA Luxury Travel Insurance International Phone Service Other Helpful Vacation Links Our Newsletter Sign up for our Libya History Newsletter and get our special vacations, tours and cruise deals.

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Home U.S. People Word Wise ... Homework Center Fact Monster Favorites American Indian Heritage Month Math Flashcards Geography Guide Seven New Wonders of the World ... The Fifty States Reference Desk Atlas Almanacs Dictionary Encyclopedia ... Countries Travel to Libya from TripAdvisor Libya Map of Libya Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Chief of State: Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi (1969) Prime Minister: Mubarak Abdallah al-Shamikh (2000) Total area: 679,358 sq mi (1,759,540 sq km) Population (2010 est.): 6,461,454 (growth rate: 2.1%); birth rate: 24.5/1000; infant mortality rate: 20.1/1000; life expectancy: 77.4; density per sq km: 3 Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Tripoli, 2,357,800 (metro. area), 1,269,700 (city proper) Other large city: Benghazi, 734,900 Monetary unit: Libyan dinar National name: Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma Current government officials Languages: Arabic, Italian, and English widely understood in major cities Ethnicity/race: Berber and Arab 97%, Greeks, Maltese, Italians, Egyptians, Pakistanis, Turks, Indians, Tunisians

35. Libya History - Unearth Travel History. Libya has a long history of incursions and empires, but it did not become a unified and independent country until 1951. Historically it had three regions of http://www.unearthtravel.com/guide/libya/history

Home Bookmark Share Login ... Blog Libya History Libya Guide Itinerary Gallery ... [Edit] History Libya has a long history of incursions and empires, but it did not become a unified and independent country until 1951. Historically it had three regions of Triploitania to the west, Cyrenaica to the east and The Fezzan to the south. Around 8,000 BC, Neolithic peoples of the Sahara started recording their lives in rock paintings, showing an abundance of wildlife and vegetation, long since gone. 7,000 years later Phoenician traders, from the eastern Mediterranean, introduced olive growing to the North African coast and started a successful trade in olive oil. They founded the ports of Sabratha, Leptis and Oea (modern day Tripoli). Also exporting gold, ivory, ebony and slaves from the Sudan brought north through the desert trading routes. This Punic empire, now centred on Carthage controlled the coast from Tripolitania to the Atlantic and continued its dominance until the rise of the Roman Empire in the first century BC. In the east the Greeks established the city of Cyrene in 631 BC, on the Green Mountain or Jebel Akhdar. Here even today a variety of agriculture takes place in a more moderate climate than the rest of Libya. The Greek influence was already waning with the arrival of the Romans and it was not until the second century AD that the magnificent roman towns, still to be seen today, reached their peak.

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37. Libya: History — FactMonster.com Encyclopedia — Libya History Through the Nineteenth Century. Throughout most of its history the territory that constitutes modern Libya has been held by foreign powers. http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/world/A0859277.html

Home U.S. People Word Wise ... Homework Center Fact Monster Favorites American Indian Heritage Month Math Flashcards Geography Guide Seven New Wonders of the World ... The Fifty States Reference Desk Atlas Almanacs Dictionary Encyclopedia ... FunBrain Sponsored Links TripAdvisor Libya (Africa) Encyclopedia Libya History Through the Nineteenth Century Throughout most of its history the territory that constitutes modern Libya has been held by foreign powers. Tripolitania and Cyrenaica had divergent histories for most of the period up to their conquest by the Ottoman Empire in the mid-16th cent. Fazzan In 1711 Ahmad Karamanli, a Janissary, became dey, killed the Ottoman governor, and prevailed upon the Ottomans to name him governor. The post of governor remained hereditary in the Karamanli family until 1835. In the 18th cent. and during the Napoleonic Wars, the dey took in great revenues from the pirates and also extended the central government's control to much of the interior. Tripolitan War ). After 1815, England, France, and the kingdom of the Two Sicilies undertook a successful campaign against the pirates, which undermined the finances of the dey and thus facilitated the reestablishment of direct Ottoman rule in Tripoli in 1835. During the rest of the 19th cent., the Ottomans contributed little toward the political stability or the economic development of Tripoli. Beginning in the 1840s the Sanusi brotherhood gained many adherents, primarily in Cyrenaica but also in S Tripolitania and Fazzan.

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