Italian Libya

Italian Libya was a colony in Maghreb (North and West Africa) that lasted from 1911 to 1943 CE, about 32 years. Its people spoke Latin and Romance languages (Latin, Italic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian).

Italy seized Libya from the Ottomans in 1911 and fought a long war against the Sanusi resistance, hanging its leader Omar Mukhtar in 1931. British forces took the colony in 1943.

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Facts

Dates

1911 to 1943 CE

Duration

32 years

Type

Colony

Region

Maghreb, North and West Africa

Language family

Latin and Romance

Capital

Tripoli

Came from

• Ottoman Tripolitania 1551 to 1911 CE

Became

• Kingdom of Libya 1951 to 1969 CE

Neighbours in North and West Africa

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE
• Alaouite Sultanate of Morocco 1666 to 1912 CE
• French Algeria 1830 to 1962 CE
• Muhammad Ali dynasty (Khedivate) 1805 to 1914 CE
• French West Africa 1895 to 1960 CE
• British Nigeria 1914 to 1960 CE
• Kingdom of Nri c. 900 to 1911 CE
• Portuguese Cape Verde 1462 to 1975 CE
• Ottoman Tripolitania 1551 to 1911 CE
• Sultanate of Darfur c. 1603 to 1916 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Qing dynasty 1636 to 1912 CE, East Asia
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Russian Empire 1721 to 1917 CE, Europe
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE, Southeast Asia

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