Libya History in the 20th Century
The colonial period With the formation of the Libyan kingdom in 1951, the constituent elements of the new independent state became Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and Fezzan. Tripolitania and Cyrenaica were annexed by Italy following the Italo-Turkish war (1911-12). The Italian occupation reached the Fezzan in 1913, but in the First World War it was rejected by… Read More »