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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.
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Later King Idris and his Senussi tribe in the provinces of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania started to become opposed to the Italian colonization after 1929, when Italy changed its political promises of moderate "protectorate" to the Senussi (done in 1911) and—because of Benito Mussolini—started to take complete colonial control of Libya.
The Italian invasion of Libya occurred in 1911, when Italian troops invaded the Turkish province of Libya (then part of the Ottoman Empire) and started the Italo-Turkish War. [1] As result, Italian Tripolitania and Italian Cyrenaica were established, later unified in the colony of Italian Libya .
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.
Constitution of Libya. Chapter I-The Form of the State and the System of Government. Article 1 Libya is a free independent sovereign State. Neither its sovereignty nor any part of its territories may be relinquished. Article 2 Libya is a State having a hereditary monarchy, and its system of Government is representative. Its name is "THE KINGDOM ...
Subdivisions of Libya have varied significantly over the last two centuries. Initially Libya under Ottoman and Italian control was organized into three to four provinces, then into three governorates ( muhafazah ) and after World War II into twenty-five districts ( baladiyah ).
Articles on the modern history of Libya: Tripolitania Vilayet (1864-1911) History of Libya as Italian colony (1911-1943) World War II and Allied occupation, see Libya during World War II; Kingdom of Libya (1951-1969) Libya under Gaddafi (1969-present)